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CVE-2006-1168

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 5.76%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-08-14 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2006-1168
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
5.76%

Original NVD Description

The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow.