CVE-2006-6293

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6293
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-05 11:28:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-17 21:47:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.11b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.13 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.13a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14e All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16e All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16f All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.11b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.12d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.13 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.13a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.14e All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.15b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16 All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16a All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16b All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16c All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16d All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16e All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus 3.16f All All All
Application F-prot F-prot Antivirus All All All All

References

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