01 Record
CVE-2006-4839
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
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
- 3.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 86.8% 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
- 2006-11-01 15:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:23Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-09-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7a76bc6420961f759cfe416b7d48b0f003fd2cf359057d1b29bbd9509b9fc617
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.sophos.comhttp://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- securitytracker.com1017132http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
- secunia.com22635http://secunia.com/advisories/22635
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4239http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
- labs.idefense.com20061031 Sophos Anti-Virus Petite File Denial of Service Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438
- www.securityfocus.com20816http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsophos-petite-plugin-dos(29918)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29918