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CVE-2006-1168 (GCVE-0-2006-1168)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-08-14 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 17:03
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
sgi
References
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http://secunia.com/advisories/21880 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Date Public
2006-08-09 00:00
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          }
        ],
        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
        "weaknesses": [
          {
            "description": [
              {
                "lang": "en",
                "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"
              }
            ],
            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
            "type": "Primary"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "redhat_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "Moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2025-11-21T13:24:28+00:00",
      "cve": "CVE-2006-1168",
      "id": "CVE-2006-1168",
      "initial_release_date": "2006-08-08T00:00:00+00:00",
      "product_status:fixed": "198",
      "product_status:known_not_affected": "3",
      "source": "Red Hat CSAF VEX",
      "status": "final",
      "title": "ncompress: .bss buffer underflow in decompression",
      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2006/cve-2006-1168.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "moderate",
      "current_release_date": "2026-04-17T12:29:39Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2006-1168",
      "id": "CVE-2006-1168",
      "initial_release_date": "2023-02-15T06:16:02Z",
      "product_status:recommended": "1",
      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2006-1168",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2006-1168.json",
      "version": "7"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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