CVE-2006-6297 (GCVE-0-2006-6297)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-12-05 11:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 20:19
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/23213 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21384 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/23300 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017325 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK |
Date Public
2006-12-01 00:00
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