CVE-2006-6340 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service in NVIDIA nView by providing a long command line argument to keystone.exe.
- 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-2006-6340?
CVE-2006-6340 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Dec 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
keystone.exe in nVIDIA nView allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a long command line argument. NOTE: it is not clear whether this issue crosses security boundaries. If not, then this is not a vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-6340?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nvidia Nview.
How do I fix CVE-2006-6340?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-6340 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2006-6340 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-6340 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g3g9-p5v6-6mqj.