CVE-2006-5874

Description

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed base64-encoded MIME attachment that triggers a null pointer dereference.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.36% Top 25%

Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/23327	third party advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1232	patch vendor advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_78_clamav.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21510	vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:230	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23411	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23362	third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5874?: CVE-2006-5874 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5874?: To fix CVE-2006-5874, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-5874 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-5874 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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