CVE-2006-4839
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- EPSS score
- 3.0% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4826)
- Published
- November 1, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4826 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sophos / sophos anti-virus
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22635(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29918
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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