CVE-2006-5939 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus before 7.1.407 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted DOC file that triggers a divide-by-zero error. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2006-11-16

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 1.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0.251:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0.323:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.1.308:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-5922	Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus before 7.1.407 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted DOC file that triggers a divide-by-zero error. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01033.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116343152030074&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/22811
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/36365/lng/us/tpl/tpl01
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4498
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30247

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Grisoft Avg Antivirus

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T20:12:31.096Z

Reserved: 2006-11-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5939

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-11-16T00:07:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-5939

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-369

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