CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1168

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

The decompress function in compress42.c in ncompress 4.2.4 and liblzw contains a buffer underflow vulnerability. Remote attackers can cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code via crafted data.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes service disruption and potential remote code execution, which could lead to full system compromise.

Recommendation

Immediately update ncompress to a version later than 4.2.4 and liblzw to a patched version. If updating is not possible, restrict access to services using these libraries.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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