CVE-2006-1168

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…

published August 14, 2006

CVSS
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EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05817 · 93.1th percentile
Published
2006-08-14T20:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 14 AUG 20:00Z
    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…
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