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CVE-2006-4018
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pefromupx function in libclamav/upx.c in...
Vulnerability Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pefromupx function in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.81 through 0.88.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file containing sections with large rsize values.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3175
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442681/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21562
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_46_clamav.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21368
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21433
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-13.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21497
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-10.txt
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1153
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21443
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:138
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19381
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016645
- http://www.overflow.pl/adv/clamav_upx_heap.txt
- http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.4.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28286
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0046/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21374
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3275
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
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Vulnerable Versions:
0.81, 0.82, 0.83, 0.84, 0.85, 0.85.1, 0.86, 0.86.1, 0.86.2, 0.87, 0.87.1, 0.88, 0.88.1, 0.88.2, 0.88.3
Timeline
Official Publish:
August 8th, 2006
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.