CVE-2006-2458: libextractor
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-2458 is a medium (CVSS 4.0) vulnerability in libextractor. EPSS estimates a 8.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 18-05-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the asf_read_header function in the ASF plugin (plugins/asfextractor.c), and (2) the parse_trak_atom function in the QT plugin (plugins/qtextractor.c).
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
8.93%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
95%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 8.92% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
3 foundExploit Reference (securitytracker.com)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
libextractor 0.5.13 - Multiple Heap Overflows (PoC)
Maturity: poc
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Debian1 product
- libextractor< 0.5.14-1 | < 0.4.2-2sarge5
Libextractor1 product
- libextractor0.5.13
PyPI1 product
- extractor0.5
3 vendors · 3 products
