CVE-2006-2458

libextractor 0.5.13 - Multiple Heap Overflows (PoC)

Severity Score

7.3

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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).

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2006-05-17 First Exploit
2006-05-18 CVE Reserved
2006-05-18 CVE Published
2024-08-07 CVE Updated
2025-04-20 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (16)

URL	Tag	Source
http://gnunet.org/libextractor	X_refsource_confirm
http://secunia.com/advisories/20160	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20326	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20457	Third Party Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/916	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434288/100/0/threaded	Mailing List
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1848	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26531	Vdb Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26532	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1801	2006-05-17
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016118	2024-08-07
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18021	2024-08-07

URL	Date	SRC
http://secunia.com/advisories/20150	2018-10-18

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1081	2018-10-18
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-14.xml	2018-10-18
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html	2018-10-18

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Libextractor Search vendor "Libextractor"		Libextractor Search vendor "Libextractor" for product "Libextractor"				0.5.13 Search vendor "Libextractor" for product "Libextractor" and version "0.5.13"		-		Affected