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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-1989 · published 1 May 2006

CVE-2006-1989: Clam anti-virus clamav vulnerability

CClam Anti Virus · Clamav

Buffer overflow in the get_database function in the HTTP client in Freshclam in ClamAV 0.80 to 0.88.1 might allow remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via long HTTP headers.

5.1 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 5.8% · top 7.1%
5.1CVSS 2.0 base score
5.8%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
48References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the get_database function in the HTTP client in Freshclam in ClamAV 0.80 to 0.88.1 might allow remote web servers to execute arbitrary code via long HTTP headers.

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-09.txt
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19874
http://secunia.com/advisories/19880 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19912
http://secunia.com/advisories/19963
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
http://secunia.com/advisories/20159
http://secunia.com/advisories/20877
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016392
http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.2.html ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1050
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-03.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599220 US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:080
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_05_05.html
http://www.osvdb.org/25120
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17754 Patch
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0024
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1586
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2566
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26182
http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-09.txt
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Jun/msg00000.html
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2006-May/0004.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19874
http://secunia.com/advisories/19880 ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19912
http://secunia.com/advisories/19963
http://secunia.com/advisories/19964
http://secunia.com/advisories/20117
http://secunia.com/advisories/20159
http://secunia.com/advisories/20877
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016392
http://www.clamav.net/security/0.88.2.html ExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1050
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-03.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/599220 US Government Resource

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-1989), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.