CVE-2006-6297

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Stack consumption vulnerability in the KFILE JPEG (kfile_jpeg) plugin in kdegraphics 3, as used by konqueror, digikam, a

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.0261

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kde kdegraphicsall versions

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

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

Published to NVD05 Dec 2006 · 11:28 AM

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http://secunia.com/advisories/23203Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23213Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23300Vendor Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/23728Vendor Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-05.xml

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017325

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http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061129-1.txt

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:227

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_73_mono.htmlVendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21384

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4810Vendor Advisory

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