CVE-2006-5939

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.

Published: 2006-11-16 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5939 is rated Moderate Risk (58/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.99%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5939

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-05 0.82% 0.99% +0.18%
2 2025-03-30 0.68% 0.82% +0.14%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.68% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5939

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-5939

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5939

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5939: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5939

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5939

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
grisoft avg_antivirus 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grisoft avg_antivirus 7.0.251 cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0.251:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grisoft avg_antivirus 7.0.323 cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.0.323:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
grisoft avg_antivirus 7.1.308 cpe:2.3:a:grisoft:avg_antivirus:7.1.308:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5939

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