MEDIUM
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
Published Nov 1, 2006
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.00%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 5.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.00% 0.03003
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03003
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (16 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.00% (0.03003) | 86.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.97% (0.02972) | 85.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.84% (0.01843) | 81.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.06% (0.03055) | 90.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 7, 2024 | 10.78% (0.10777) | 95.14th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 11.60% (0.11598) | 94.74th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 13, 2023 | 9.53% (0.09528) | 94.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 5, 2023 | 11.37% (0.11374) | 94.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 29, 2023 | 9.07% (0.09072) | 93.80th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2023 | 9.67% (0.09674) | 93.94th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 5, 2023 | 9.47% (0.09470) | 93.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.89% (0.08894) | 93.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22635 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29918 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=438 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22635 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29918 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 1, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 15, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4839
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a