6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2006-4183
Microsoft DirectX SDK Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.

INFO

Published Date :

July 18, 2007, 11:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 12:15 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-4183 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft directx_sdk

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-4183 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-4183 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=562
    Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/26131
    Added Reference http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=52
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474058/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24963
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018420
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2577
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35492
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 17, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/474058/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474058/100/0/threaded [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/35492 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35492 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

81.41 }} -3.43%

score

0.98591

percentile

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