CVE-2006-1989

mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.059 · 93 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

5.95% (93rd) EPSS

CVSS 5.1 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Buffer overflow in the get_database function in the HTTP client in Freshclam in ClamAV 0.80 to 0.88.1 might allow remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via long HTTP headers.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.05.1mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 4.9 · impact 6.4

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-119USLLM-inferred

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
clam anti-virus clamav= 0.88nvdUScpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
clam anti-virus clamav= 0.88.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:clam_anti-virus:clamav:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2006-05-01modified 2026-06-16

references (48)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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