Grisoft AVG Antivirus up to 7.1.406 divide by zero

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Grisoft AVG Antivirus up to 7.1.406. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes divide by zero. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5939. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Grisoft AVG Antivirus up to 7.1.406 (Anti-Malware Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a divide by zero vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-369. The product divides a value by zero. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released 11/15/2006 (Website). The advisory is shared at grisoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-5939 since 11/15/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 7.1.407 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30247) and Secunia (SA22811†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-2678, VDB-2680, VDB-2681 and VDB-2679. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Temp Score: 6.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Divide by zero
CWE: CWE-369 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: AVG Antivirus 7.1.407

Timelineinfo

11/14/2006 🔍
11/15/2006 +1 days 🔍
11/15/2006 +0 days 🔍
11/15/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3039 days 🔍
04/27/2026 +4064 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: grisoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2006-5939 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5939
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-33301
X-Force: 30247 - AVG Anti-Virus DOC files denial of service
Secunia: 22811 - AVG Anti-Virus Multiple File Parsing Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-4498

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 04/27/2026 18:05
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (57), 09/27/2017 10:24 (1), 04/27/2026 18:05 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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