CVE-2006-4839

Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1 - Denial of Service via Petite Compressed File with Many Sections

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a file that is compressed with Petite and contains a large number of sections.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
Patch, Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22635
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_idefense
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29918

Scores

EPSS 0.0199
EPSS Percentile 83.8%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
sophos/sophos_anti-virus 5.1
Published Nov 01, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026