Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 14, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-1168
CVE-2006-1168
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.
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Affected products
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Vulnerability mechanics
References
25- patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20060901-01-P.ascnvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- downloads.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100158840nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0810.htmlnvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21427nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21434nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21437nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21467nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/21880nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22036nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22296nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/22377nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-03.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-226.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1149nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_20_sr.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0663.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19455nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3234nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28315nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9373nvd
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