CVE-2006-4839 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1. Remote attackers can exploit this by providing a Petite-compressed file containing numerous sections, leading to excessive memory consumption. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sophos:sophos_anti-virus:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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