Is CVE-2006-5874 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-5874 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-5874?

CVE-2006-5874 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2006-5874?

Patch guidance is available from clam anti-virus security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2006-5874.

CVE-2006-5874 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2006-5874?

22 products: clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, clam anti-virus clamav, and 17 more.

Description

Clam AntiVirus (ClamAV) 0.88 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed base64-encoded MIME attachment that triggers a null pointer dereference.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CLAM_ANTI-VIRUS
Published: 12/10/2006
Last Modified: 4/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD