CVE-2006-4183

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Directx Sdk
PublishedJul 18, 2007
First seenJul 18, 2007

How to fix

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

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft directx_sdkfebruary_2006—

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