CVE-2006-6335
highpriority · track · 44EPSS 0.126 · 96 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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affected products (2)
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references (22)
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/23325enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563enisa_euvd
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919enisa_euvd
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.htmlenisa_euvd
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