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CVE-2006-5937 (GCVE-0-2006-5937)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-11-16 00:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:12
VLAI
Summary
Multiple 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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.grisoft.com/doc/36365/lng/us/tpl/tpl01 x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=11634315203… mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4498 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/22811 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2006-11-13 00:00
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