CVE-2006-5937

Summary

CVECVE-2006-5937
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-11-16 00:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple integer overflows in Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus before 7.1.407 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted (1) CAB or (2) RAR archives that trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-190 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Grisoft Avg Antivirus 7.0 All All All
Application Grisoft Avg Antivirus 7.0.251 All All All
Application Grisoft Avg Antivirus 7.0.323 All All All
Application Grisoft Avg Antivirus 7.1.308 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
AVG Anti-Virus Multiple File Parsing Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
'[Full-disclosure] AVG Anti-Virus - Arbitrary Code Execution (remote)' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Not Applicable
AVG Anti Virus: Program update AVG 7.1.407 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.grisoft.com Patch, Product
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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