7.5

CVE-2006-1168: ncompress

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesRHSA-2006:0663DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1168DSA-1149-1
Published 14-08-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-1168 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in ncompress. EPSS estimates a 5.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.82%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
RHSA-2012:0308RHSA-2012:0810

Timeline

  1. 14-08-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.82%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.82% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
5.82%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat2 products
  • ncompress< 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3 | < 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
  • ncompress-debuginfo< 0:4.2.4-39.rhel3 | < 0:4.2.4-43.rhel4
Debian1 product
  • ncompress< 4.2.4-16 | < 4.2.4-15sarge2
Ncompress1 product
Opensuse1 product
  • ncompress&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 4.2.4.4-1.1

4 vendors · 5 products

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