CVE-2006-0162

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-01-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in libclamav/upx.c in Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) before 0.88 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted UPX files.

Affected products

Clam Anti-Virus Clamav: ., 0.51, 0.52, 0.53, 0.54, 0.60 (+24)

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-January/041325.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/18379
http://secunia.com/advisories/18453
http://secunia.com/advisories/18463
http://secunia.com/advisories/18478
http://secunia.com/advisories/18548
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/342
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015457
http://www.clamav.net/doc/0.88/ChangeLog
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-947
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-07.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/385908

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