7.5

CVE-2006-0162: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-0162
Published 10-01-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-0162 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 10.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.09%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-947-1

Timeline

  1. 10-01-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in libclamav/upx.c in Clam Antivirus (ClamAV) before 0.88 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted UPX files.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

10.09%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 10.09% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
10.09%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Clam_anti-virus1 product
  • clamav. | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.54 | 0.60 | 0.65 | 0.67 | 0.68 | 0.68.1 | 0.70 | 0.75.1 | 0.80 | 0.80_rc1 | 0.80_rc2 | 0.80_rc3 | 0.80_rc4 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.83 | 0.84 | 0.84_rc1 | 0.84_rc2 | 0.85 | 0.85.1 | 0.86 | 0.86.1 | 0.86.2 | 0.87 | 0.87.1
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.88-1

2 vendors · 2 products

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