CVE-2006-2838

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-06-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the web console in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.40, and Internet Gatekeeper 6.40 through 6.42 and 6.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: By default, the connections are only allowed from the local host.

Affected products

F-Secure Anti-Virus: 6.40
F-Secure Internet Gatekeeper: 6.4, 6.41, 6.42, 6.50

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20407
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016196
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016197
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-3.shtml
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2076
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26799
http://secunia.com/advisories/20407
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016196
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016197
http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-3.shtml
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2076
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26799

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