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CVE-2006-4806
Multiple integer overflows in imlib2 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 4.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple integer overflows in imlib2 allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) ARGB (loader_argb.c), (2) PNG (loader_png.c), (3) LBM (loader_lbm.c), (4) JPEG (loader_jpeg.c), or (5) TIFF (loader_tiff.c) images.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 53 days later
· 53 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.7% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References20
- 22932 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22752 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 30106 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 30109 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 30108 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.discontinuity.info/~rowan/pocs/libimlib2_pocs-1.2.0-2.2.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- USN-376-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 30107 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- GLSA-200612-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4349 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23441 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22732 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22744 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-376-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- imlib2-load-overflow(30064) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-4793 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-4806)Record last updated .