Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-6297
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.
Vulnerability category: Denial of service
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6297
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.79%
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 91 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ
CVSS scores for CVE-2006-6297
Base Score | Base Severity | CVSS Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Score Source |
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5.0
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MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
10.0
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2.9
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NIST |
CWE ids for CVE-2006-6297
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Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
Vendor statements for CVE-2006-6297
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Red Hat 2006-12-19We do not consider a crash of a client application such as Konqueror or other KFile users to be a security issue.
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http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:227
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http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061129-1.txt
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http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4810
Vendor Advisory
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http://securitytracker.com/id?1017325
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http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.html
Vendor Advisory
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21384
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-05.xml
- cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*