The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and...

7.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

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CVE-2005-2991

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CVE-2001-1413

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High 7.5

Affected Vendor

ncompress

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Affected Software

ncompress

Vulnerable Versions:

4.2.4

Timeline

Official Publish: August 14th, 2006

Last Modified: August 7th, 2024

Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.