CVE-2006-4182 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 21.4% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer overflow in ClamAV 0.88.1 and 0.88.4, and other versions before 0.88.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Portable Executable (PE) file that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow when less memory is allocated than expected.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 21.4% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-10-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| clam anti-virus | clamav |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Clam AntiVirus 0.88.4 - 'rebuildpe' Remote Heap Overflow (PoC) | 2006-10-17 |
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=422
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Nov/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22537
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22626
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23155
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-10.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017068
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1196
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/180864
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:184
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_60_clamav.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20535
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-333A.html
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