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.
Published 2006-06-13 10:02:00
Updated 2017-07-20 01:31:58
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-3005

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3005

0.49%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 76 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-3005

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
NIST

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-3005

  • Red Hat 2006-08-24
    Red Hat does not consider this a security issue. It is expected behavior that a large input file will cause the processing program to use a large amount of memory.
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