CVE-2006-4839

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a file that is compressed with Petite and contains a large number of sections.

Affected products

Sophos Anti-Virus: 5.1

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438
http://secunia.com/advisories/22635
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29918
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438
http://secunia.com/advisories/22635
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html

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