CVE-2006-6335
Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to improper length calculation, and (2) a CPIO archive, with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a stack-based overflow in veex.dll.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 12.6% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6318)
- Published
- December 12, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6318 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://secunia.com/advisories/23325
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454197/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/454211/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21563
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/17340.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/21637.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4919
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-045.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-046.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30851
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30852
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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