CVE-2006-6297

N/A Unknown
Published: December 05, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in the KFILE JPEG (kfile_jpeg) plugin in kdegraphics 3, as used by konqueror, digikam, and other KDE image browsers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted EXIF section in a JPEG file, which results in an infinite recursion.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23203
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23213
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23300
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23728
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-05.xml
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017325
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061129-1.txt
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:227
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21384
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4810
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23203
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23213
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23300
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23728
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-05.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017325
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061129-1.txt
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:227
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21384
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4810
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
2.6%
86th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-399

Affected Vendors

kde

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