Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 12, 2006· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2006-6335
CVE-2006-6335
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to improper length calculation, and (2) a CPIO archive, with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a stack-based overflow in veex.dll.
Affected products
1Patches
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References
11- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23325nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30851nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30852nvd
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