CVE-2006-1900 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code via buffer overflows in W3C Amaya when processing malicious HTML attributes, requiring user interaction to view the content.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-1900?
CVE-2006-1900 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Apr 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Multiple buffer overflows in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Amaya 9.4, and possibly other versions including 8.x before 8.8.5, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long value in (1) the COMPACT attribute of the COLGROUP element, (2) the ROWS attribute of the TEXTAREA element, and (3) the COLOR attribute of the LEGEND element; and via other unspecified attack vectors consisting of "dozens of possible snippets."
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1900?
It affects 1 product.
Products include W3c Amaya.
How do I fix CVE-2006-1900?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-1900 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2006-1900 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-1900 exists.
Public exploit code: 2 Exploit-DB entries.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gg2r-jxgr-8f34.