CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-4182

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An integer overflow in ClamAV 0.88.1 and 0.88.4, and other versions before 0.88.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Portable Executable (PE) file that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow when less memory is allocated than expected.

Risk Assessment

A remote attacker could crash the antivirus scanning service or execute arbitrary code in the context of the ClamAV process, potentially leading to system compromise or disruption of antivirus protection.

Recommendation

Update ClamAV to version 0.88.5 or later, which fixes this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Integer overflow in ClamAV 0.88.1 and 0.88.4, and other versions before 0.88.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Portable Executable (PE) file that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow when less memory is allocated than expected.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS