CVE-2006-1168

ncompress: .bss buffer underflow in decompression

Published Aug 14, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 5.8% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1149-1 New ncompress packages fix potential code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-1172 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
sgi
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 5:03 PM
Reserved
Mar 12, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 14, 2006, 8:04 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:22 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 8, 2006, 12:00 AM