# CVE-2006-5295: Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.88.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) via a crafte

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-10-16 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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."

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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4034
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22488
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22370
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_60_clamav.html
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=423
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20537
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:184
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22626
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4136
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29608
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22421
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4264
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-10.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017068
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1196
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22551
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22537
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22498
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2586

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