CVE-2006-1168
ncompress LZW Decompression Buffer Underflow
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 14, 2006, 8:04 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.
Source :
bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE-2006-1168 vulnerability over time.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc Added Reference http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728 Added Reference http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840 Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21427 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21434 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21437 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21880 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22036 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22296 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22377 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836 Added Reference http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140 Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373 -
CVE Modified by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
May. 14, 2024
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CVE Source Update by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source MITRE Silicon Graphics (SGI) -
CVE Modified by bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/21437 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/22296 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/21434 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/22377 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/21427 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/22036 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://secunia.com/advisories/21880 [No types assigned] Added Reference Silicon Graphics (SGI) http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129 [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149 Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/21427 Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/21434 Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/21437 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html Removed Reference MITRE http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html Removed Reference MITRE http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455 Removed Reference MITRE http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836 Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/21880 Removed Reference MITRE ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/22036 Removed Reference MITRE http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/22296 Removed Reference MITRE http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/22377 Removed Reference MITRE http://secunia.com/advisories/21467 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140 Removed Reference MITRE http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234 Removed Reference MITRE https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536 Removed Reference MITRE http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840 Removed Reference MITRE http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html Removed Reference MITRE http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129 Removed Reference MITRE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315 Removed Reference MITRE https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9373 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28315 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 14, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-1168 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-1168
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
9.81 }} 2.06%
score
0.92248
percentile