CVE-2006-1168

N/A Unknown
Published: August 14, 2006 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/21427
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/21434
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/21437
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/21880
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/22296
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://secunia.com/advisories/22377
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315
Source: bc94ec7e-8909-4cbb-83df-d2fc9330fa88
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141728
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21427
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21434
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21437
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21467
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/21880
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22296
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22377
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016836
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htm
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:140
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:129
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=728536
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

50 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
9.8%
93th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

ncompress