CVE-2006-5295 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.4% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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."
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.39% — more likely to be exploited than 96% 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 - CHM Chunk Name Length Denial of Service (PoC) | 2006-10-17 |
References
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=423
- 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://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-10.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017068
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1196
- 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/20537
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4034
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4136
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4264
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29608
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt
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