Vulnerability in Gentoo Linux
CVE-2006-3005
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.019 (78.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Gentoo Linux
- Gentoo Media-Libs Jpeg — versions 6b
References
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-11.xml (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20563 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- www.osvdb.org/26317 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31451 (vdb-entry)