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Status published
Medium
CVE-2006-2458
Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier allow...
Vulnerability 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 (plugins/asfextractor.c), and (2) the parse_trak_atom function in the QT plugin (plugins/qtextractor.c).
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
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434288/100/0/threaded
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016118
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18021
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/916
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20160
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20326
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20150
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1081
- http://gnunet.org/libextractor/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26531
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26532
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1848
Affected Vendor
libextractor
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libextractor
Vulnerable Versions:
0.5.13
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 18th, 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.