CVE-2006-4182
Integer overflow in ClamAV 0.88.1 and 0.88.4, and other versions before 0.88.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 21.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 2.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Integer overflow in ClamAV 0.88.1 and 0.88.4, and other versions before 0.88.5, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (scanning service crash) and execute arbitrary code via a crafted Portable Executable (PE) file that leads to a heap-based buffer overflow when less memory is allocated than expected.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Clam AntiVirus 0.88.4 - 'rebuildpe' Remote Heap Overflow (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2587dos, multiplepublished 17 Oct 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 21.4% · top 2.4% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References25
- ADV-2006-4750 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4034 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22488 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#180864 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304829 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:184 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22626 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4136 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 22421 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061016 Clam AntiVirus ClamAV rebuildpe Heap Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4264 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23155 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://kolab.org/security/kolab-vendor-notice-13.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20535 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-11-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- GLSA-200610-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- TA06-333A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 1017068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-1196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- clamav-rebuildpe-bo(29607) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 22551 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22537 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22498 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-4172 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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