CVE-2006-6335: sophos sophos_anti-virus
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-6335 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in sophos sophos_anti-virus. EPSS estimates a 12.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 12-12-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to improper length calculation, and (2) a CPIO archive, with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a stack-based overflow in veex.dll.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
12.62%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 12.62% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Sophos1 product
- sophos_anti-virus≤ 2.3
1 vendor · 1 product