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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2006-6293 in the critical feed json

Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…

published 2006-12-05 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6276

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.3%
EPSS 17.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in FRISK Software F-Prot Antivirus before 4.6.7 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted CHM file. NOTE: this issue has at least a partial overlap with CVE-2006-6294.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2893)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

17.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2893 F-Prot AntiVirus 4.6.6 - CHM Heap Overflow (PoC) dos, 2006-12-04
  • gleg.net http://gleg.net/vulndisco_meta.shtml referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.