CVE-2006-2458
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the asf_read_header function in the ASF plugin
02 Description
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) the asf_read_header function in the ASF plugin
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 9.00% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-05-18 23:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 17:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 525ce7ecec7d12f3d690ad4c09f3157a7a8baa21e24d45b90ce5771346bfad82
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com20060517 Two heap overflow in libextractor 0.5.13 (rev 2832)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434288/100/0/threaded
- securitytracker.com1016118http://securitytracker.com/id?1016118
- www.securityfocus.com18021http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18021
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:012http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
- securityreason.com916http://securityreason.com/securityalert/916
- secunia.com20160http://secunia.com/advisories/20160
- secunia.com20326http://secunia.com/advisories/20326
- secunia.com20150http://secunia.com/advisories/20150
- www.debian.orgDSA-1081http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1081
- gnunet.orghttp://gnunet.org/libextractor/
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibextractor-asfextractor-bo(26531)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26531
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200605-14http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comlibextractor-qtextractor-bo(26532)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26532
- secunia.com20457http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1848http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1848
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libextractor Fixed in 0.5.14-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libextractor Fixed in 0.5.14-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libextractor Fixed in 0.5.14-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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