CVE-2006-4839: Sophos Anti-Virus

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Sophos Anti-Virus 5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a file that is compressed with Petite and contains a large number of sections.

Affected products

• Sophos Sophos Anti-Virus: version 5.1 only

Published 2006-11-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.