CVE-2006-3005

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The JPEG library in media-libs/jpeg before 6b-r7 on Gentoo Linux is built without the -maxmem feature, which could allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted JPEG file that exceeds the intended memory limits.

The JPEG library in media-libs/jpeg before 6b-r7 on Gentoo Linux is built without the -maxmem feature, which could allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted JPEG file that exceeds the intended memory limits.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Gentoo

First reported 18 years ago

2006-06-13 10:02:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-07-20 01:31:00

Affected Software

Gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b r2

6b

Gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b r3

6b

Gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b r4

6b

Gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b r5

6b

Gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b r6

6b

Gentoo Linux

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=130889

20563

Patch, Vendor Advisory

GLSA-200606-11

Patch, Vendor Advisory

26317

jpeg-medialibs-dos(31451)

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