5.1

CVE-2006-1989: clam_anti-virus clamav

CVSS: 5.1v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-1989DSA-1050-1
Published 01-05-2006Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-1989 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in clam_anti-virus clamav. EPSS estimates a 5.95% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.1/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.95%
0%100%
Low · +0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the get_database function in the HTTP client in Freshclam in ClamAV 0.80 to 0.88.1 might allow remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via long HTTP headers.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.95%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.14 pp

From 5.81% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
5.95%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (secunia.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (clamav.net)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Clam_anti-virus1 product
Debian1 product
  • clamav< 0.88.2 | < 0.84-2.sarge.9

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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