CVE-2006-6335 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.16291.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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No data.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Sophos Subscribe	Sophos Anti-virus Subscribe

Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/23325
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.html
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30851
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30852

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-12-13T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:19:35.253Z

Reserved: 2006-12-06T05:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-6335

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2006-12-12T20:28:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2006-6335

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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