CVE-2006-1168

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductNcompress
PublishedAug 14, 2006
First seenAug 14, 2006

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ncompress ncompress4.2.4—

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CVE-2006-1168 · Ncompress · Dark Radar