CVE-2006-5938

Description

Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus before 7.1.407 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors involving an uninitialized variable and a crafted CAB file.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.45%
Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/36365/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 patch product
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116343152030074&w=2 mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30246 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4498 vdb entry broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/22811 third party advisory patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-5938?
CVE-2006-5938 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-5938?
To fix CVE-2006-5938, 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-2006-5938 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2006-5938 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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