CVE-2006-5295
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—💥 Exploit
Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.88.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) via a crafted Compressed HTML Help (CHM) file that causes ClamAV to "read an invalid memory location."
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 11%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 96
- Score date: 10/7/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · Clam AntiVirus 0.88.4 - CHM Chunk Name Length Denial of Service (PoC) (10/17/2006)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=423
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22537
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22626
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-10.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017068
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1196
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:184
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_60_clamav.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20537
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4034
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4136
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4264
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29608
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=423
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22370
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22421
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22498
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22537
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22626
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-10.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017068
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1196
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:184
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_60_clamav.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20537
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4034
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4136
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4264
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29608
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}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
"evaluatorSolution": "This vulnerability is addressed in the following product release:\r\nClam Anti-Virus, ClamAV, 0.88.5"
}