Buffer overflow in Microsoft Directx Sdk
CVE-2006-4183
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.082 (94.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.082 · newest: 0.082 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Directx Sdk — versions february_2006
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.reversemode.com/index.php
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (third-party-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/24963 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35492 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/26131 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474058/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2577 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)