CVE-2006-1168

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-1168
StatePUBLISHED
Assignersgi
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-08-14 20:04:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.098140000 probability, percentile 0.929860000 (date 2026-04-21)

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ncompress Ncompress 4.2.4 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Avaya Products ncompress Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2006-226 (RHSA-2006-0663) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 patches.sgi.com
ncompress: Buffer Underflow — Gentoo Linux Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Gentoo update for ncompress - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - ncompress Buffer Overflow in decompress() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1149-1 ncompress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - ncompress "decompress()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Bug 141728 - {app-arch/ncompress|dev-libs/liblzw} 4.2.4 security flaw in decompression af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org
Secunia - Advisories - Mandriva update for ncompress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat update for ncompress - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
NCompress Decompress Buffer Underflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Bug 728536 – CVE-2006-1168 busybox: uncompress buffer underflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
SGI Advanced Linux Environment Multiple Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
ASA-2012-117 (RHSA-2012-0308) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 downloads.avaya.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:129 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for ncompress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2007-03-14Mark J CoxRed Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

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