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FKIE_CVE-2006-5939

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-16 00:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:32
Severity
Summary
Grisoft AVG Anti-Virus before 7.1.407 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted DOC file that triggers a divide-by-zero error. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116343152030074&w=2Mailing List
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22811Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.grisoft.com/doc/36365/lng/us/tpl/tpl01Patch, Product
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4498Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30247
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=116343152030074&w=2Mailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22811Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.grisoft.com/doc/36365/lng/us/tpl/tpl01Patch, Product
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4498Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30247
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
grisoft avg_antivirus 7.0
grisoft avg_antivirus 7.0.251
grisoft avg_antivirus 7.0.323
grisoft avg_antivirus 7.1.308
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