CVE-2006-6335

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-12-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to improper length calculation, and (2) a CPIO archive, with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a stack-based overflow in veex.dll.

Affected products

Sophos Anti-Virus: through 2.3

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23325
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.html
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.html
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30851
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30852
http://secunia.com/advisories/23325

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