CVE-2006-4024 Memory corruption in n/a
Attacker can cause crash or execute code via malicious HES file with negative offset in Festalon media player.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-4024?
CVE-2006-4024 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Aug 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The FESTAHES_Load function in pce/hes.c in Festalon 0.5.0 through 0.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative LoadAddr value in a HES file, which is used as an offset in a memcpy operation and leads to a buffer underflow.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-4024?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Festalon Festalon.
How do I fix CVE-2006-4024?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-4024 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-2006-4024 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-4024 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q7rh-xgp7-2v5c.