Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 5, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-6297
CVE-2006-6297
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in the KFILE JPEG (kfile_jpeg) plugin in kdegraphics 3, as used by konqueror, digikam, and other KDE image browsers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted EXIF section in a JPEG file, which results in an infinite recursion.
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Affected products
4cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 3
Patches
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References
11- secunia.com/advisories/23203nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23213nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23300nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/23728nvdVendor Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4810nvdVendor Advisory
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-05.xmlnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061129-1.txtnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/21384nvd
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