CVE-2006-4018
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pefromupx function in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.81 through 0.88.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pefromupx function in libclamav/upx.c in Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.81 through 0.88.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted UPX packed file
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 19.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-08-08 20:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 18:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b54c1f65d33abda07972c3a12784b3f84d572a2d1ae613246ee8397f4636eec5
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3175http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3175
- www.securityfocus.com20060809 [Overflow.pl] Clam AntiVirus Win32-UPX Heap Overflowhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442681/100/0/threaded
- secunia.com21562http://secunia.com/advisories/21562
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2006:046http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_46_clamav.html
- secunia.com21368http://secunia.com/advisories/21368
- secunia.com21433http://secunia.com/advisories/21433
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200608-13http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-13.xml
- secunia.com21497http://secunia.com/advisories/21497
- kolab.orghttp://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-10.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-1153http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1153
- secunia.com21443http://secunia.com/advisories/21443
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2006:138http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:138
- www.securityfocus.com19381http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19381
- securitytracker.com1016645http://securitytracker.com/id?1016645
- www.overflow.plhttp://www.overflow.pl/adv/clamav_upx_heap.txt
- www.clamav.nethttp://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.4.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comclamav-pefromupx-bo(28286)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28286
- www.trustix.org2006-0046http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0046/
- secunia.com21457http://secunia.com/advisories/21457
- secunia.com21374http://secunia.com/advisories/21374
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3275http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3275
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- clamav Fixed in 0.88.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- clamav Fixed in 0.88.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- clamav Fixed in 0.88.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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