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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-5295 · published 16 October 2006

CVE-2006-5295: Clam anti-virus clamav vulnerability

CClam Anti Virus · Clamav

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."

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 11% · top 4.1%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
11%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
38References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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."

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

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-5295), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.