CVE-2006-6293: f-prot f-prot_antivirus

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-6293 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in f-prot f-prot_antivirus. EPSS estimates a 16.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 05-12-2006
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.