CVE-2006-2458

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Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in Libextractor 0.5.13 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code

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).

MEDIUM · CVSS 4 EPSS 0.30953

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EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available

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Affected Products & Versions

libextractorall versions

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Affected Packages

Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.

PyPI extractor MODERATE

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Public Exploits & PoCs

doslibextractor 0.5.13 - Multiple Heap Overflows (PoC)verified
pocsecuritytracker.com · id?1016118securitytracker.com
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 18021www.securityfocus.com

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Scoring & Timeline

MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Published to NVD18 May 2006 · 11:02 PM

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://gnunet.org/libextractor/

http://secunia.com/advisories/20150PatchVendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20160

http://secunia.com/advisories/20326

http://secunia.com/advisories/20457

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/916

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http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1081

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434288/100/0/threaded

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1848

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26531

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26532

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