CVE-2006-4183
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE)…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.16% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/directx sdk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=562
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26131Vendor Advisory
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=52
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474058/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24963
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018420
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2577Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35492
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=562
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26131Vendor Advisory
- http://www.reversemode.com/index.php?option=com_remository&Itemid=2&func=fileinfo&id=52
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/474058/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24963
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018420
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2577Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35492
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.