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.
Published: 2006-11-01
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.0% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-4826 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.
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Sophos Sophos Anti-virus
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:23:41.314Z

Reserved: 2006-09-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4839

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-01T15:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-4839

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