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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-5645 · published 1 November 2006

CVE-2006-5645: Sophos anti-virus vulnerability

Sophos · Anti Virus

Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 18% · top 2.9% CWE-399 · CWE-399
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
18%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
16References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239 Vendor Advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=439
http://secunia.com/advisories/22591 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017132
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474683/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20816
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018450
http://www.sophos.com/support/knowledgebase/article/7609.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4239 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-5645), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.