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CVE-2006-5295

Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.88.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service

Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.88.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) via a crafted Compressed HTML Help (CHM) file that causes ClamAV to "read an invalid memory location.".

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.26554
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 4% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

2
clam anti-virus clamav<= 0.88.4
clam anti-virus clamavall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

1
dosClam AntiVirus 0.88.4 - CHM Chunk Name Length Denial of Service (PoC)verified
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Sigma Hunt Rules

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Exact rules name this CVE ID. Product rules name an affected product in their title. Related rules cover techniques used by actors who exploited this CVE. Showing the most relevant matches; the complete related set is on the full drill-down.
producthighRelevant ClamAV Message
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Scoring & Timeline

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD16 Oct 2006 · 11:07 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=423PatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22370
http://secunia.com/advisories/22421
http://secunia.com/advisories/22488
http://secunia.com/advisories/22498
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