Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 18, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2006-4183
CVE-2006-4183
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:directx_sdk:february_2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
8- secunia.com/advisories/26131nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2577nvdVendor Advisory
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.phpnvd
- www.reversemode.com/index.phpnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474058/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24963nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35492nvd
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