CVE-2006-5295 Affecting clamav package, versions <0.88.5-1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
18.59% (97th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-CLAMAV-517920
  • published16 Oct 2006
  • disclosed16 Oct 2006

Introduced: 16 Oct 2006

CVE-2006-5295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 clamav to version 0.88.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream clamav package and not the clamav package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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."

CVSS Scores

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