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CVE-2006-6297

Published: Dec 5, 2006Updated: Apr 23, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-399
5.0MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 19.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

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.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LAu:NC:NI:NA:P
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:LAccess Complexity
Low
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:PAvailability
Partial
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Weaknesses

CWE-399

Affected Products

kde
oss-project·DEaka kde community
kdegraphicsOn-premLibrary
Operating Systems
Gentoo Foundation Inc.
oss-project·US
Gentoo LinuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/23203
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23213
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/23300
secunia.com
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