CVE-2006-5937

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-11-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-190

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus before 7.1.407 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) CAB or (2) RAR archives that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Grisoft Avg Antivirus: 7.0, 7.0.251, 7.0.323, 7.1.308

References

http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116343152030074&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22811
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/36365/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4498
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116343152030074&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22811
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/36365/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4498

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