CVE-2006-1168

Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—
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

Versión: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 5.82%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 93
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Ncompress — Ncompress
CWE

NVD-CWE-Other
Referencias

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