CVE-2006-6293
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 17.3%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.
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
- 17.3% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6276)
- Published
- December 5, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6276 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
- f-prot / f-prot antivirus
References
- http://gleg.net/fprot.txt
- http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml(Exploit)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-December/051096.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22879(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23328(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200612-12.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017331
- http://www.f-prot.com/news/gen_news/061201_release_unix467.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/30406
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/453475/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21086(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4830(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2893
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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