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CVE-2006-2458
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the…
Medium4.0EPSS 9.2%
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- mitre
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the asf_read_header function in the ASF plugin (plugins/asfextractor.c), and (2) the parse_trak_atom function in the QT plugin (plugins/qtextractor.c).
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIextractorGHSA-f836-7jqw-3684 (opens in a new tab)
References (15)
- 20060517 Two heap overflow in libextractor 0.5.13 (rev 2832) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1016118 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 916 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20160 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20326 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20150 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1081 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://gnunet.org/libextractor/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- libextractor-asfextractor-bo(26531) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- GLSA-200605-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- libextractor-qtextractor-bo(26532) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1848 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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 Advisory GHSA-f836-7jqw-3684 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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