CVE-2006-6297 : 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.

Published 2006-12-05 11:28:00

Updated 2011-08-04 04:00:00

Source MITRE

View at NVD, CVE.org

Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6297

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 3.79%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 91 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-6297

Base Score	Base Severity	CVSS Vector	Exploitability Score	Impact Score	Score Source
5.0	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	10.0	2.9	NIST
Access Vector: Network Access Complexity: Low Authentication: None Confidentiality Impact: None Integrity Impact: None Availability Impact: Partial

CWE ids for CVE-2006-6297

CWE-399

Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-6297

Red Hat 2006-12-19

We do not consider a crash of a client application such as Konqueror or other KFile users to be a security issue.

References for CVE-2006-6297

Products affected by CVE-2006-6297