CVE-2006-4018
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 19.4%EU EUVD
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 containing sections with large rsize values.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 19.4% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4011)
- Published
- August 8, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4011 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
- clamav / clamav
References
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-10.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21368(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21374(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21433(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21443(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21457(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21497(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21562(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200608-13.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016645
- http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.4.html(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1153
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:138
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_46_clamav.html
- http://www.overflow.pl/adv/clamav_upx_heap.txt(Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442681/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19381
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0046/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3175(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3275(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28286
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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