CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0. It affects Linux. Its EPSS score suggests a 17.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2006-5645
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5
EPSS
17.51%
Linux
Original NVD Description
Sophos Anti-Virus and Endpoint Security before 6.0.5, Anti-Virus for Linux before 5.0.10, and other platforms before 4.11, when "Enabled scanning of archives" is set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a malformed RAR archive with an Archive Header section with the head_size and pack_size fields set to zero.