CVE-2006-2458

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    CVE-2006-2458

    Published: 18 May 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/20150, http://secunia.com/advisories/20160, http://secunia.com/advisories/20326, http://secunia.com/advisories/20457, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1081, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1848, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016118, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18021, http://secunia.com/advisories/20150, http://securitytracker.com/id?1016118, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18021, http://gnunet.org/libextractor/, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/916, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434288/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26531, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26532

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High