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CVE-2006-4839: sophos sophos_anti-virus

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 01-11-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-4839 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in sophos sophos_anti-virus. EPSS estimates a 3.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.00%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-11-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a file that is compressed with Petite and contains a large number of sections.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 3.02% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.00%

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

Sophos1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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