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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 1, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2006-5646

CVE-2006-5646

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when archive scanning is enabled, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (memory corruption) via a CHM file with an LZX decompression header that specifies a Window_size of 0.

Affected products

16
  • Sophos/Anti Virus15 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.5.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:sophos:anti-virus:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sophos/Endpoint Security
    cpe:2.3:a:sophos:endpoint_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <=6.04

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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