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CVE-2006-6335

VendorsophosProductsophos anti-virusDiscoveredDec 12, 2006UpdatedApr 23, 2026

Multiple buffer overflows in Sophos Anti-Virus scanning engine before 2.40 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a SIT archive with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a heap-based overflow in veex.dll due to improper length calculation, and (2) a CPIO archive, with a long filename that is not null-terminated, which triggers a stack-based overflow in veex.dll.

CVSS v3.1
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EPSS
12.6%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
0
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Sep 10, 2026
▲ 0.31pp
12.3% → 12.6% over 2 tracked changes
Connections
1 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Dec 12, 2006
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Apr 23, 2026