CVE-2006-5295

N/A Unknown

Published: October 16, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.88.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) via a crafted Compressed HTML Help (CHM) file that causes ClamAV to "read an invalid memory location."

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=423

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22370

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22421

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22488

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22498

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22537

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22551

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/22626

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-10.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017068

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1196

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:184

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_60_clamav.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20537

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4034

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4136

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4264

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29608

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt