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CVE-2006-1168
The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
High7.5EPSS 5.8%
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- sgi
Description
The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (24)
- 21437 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ncompress-decompress-underflow(28315) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200610-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:020 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22296 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9373 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19455 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21434 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1149 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 21467 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0663 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3234 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2012:0810 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 22377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21427 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1016836 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 22036 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21880 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2012:129 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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