CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1060

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow in zgv before version 5.8 and xzgv before version 0.8 may allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image with more than 3 output components, such as CMYK or YCCK color space, which causes less memory to be allocated than required.

Risk Assessment

The risk for the organization is that an attacker could execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a malicious JPEG file, potentially leading to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update zgv to version 5.8 or later and xzgv to version 0.8 or later. In the meantime, avoid opening JPEG images from untrusted sources.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Heap-based buffer overflow in zgv before 5.8 and xzgv before 0.8 might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JPEG image with more than 3 output components, such as a CMYK or YCCK color space, which causes less memory to be allocated than required.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS