CVE-2006-3005

The JPEG library in media-libs/jpeg before 6b-r7 on Gentoo Linux is built without the -maxmem feature, which could allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a crafted JPEG file that exceeds the intended memory limits.

Published: 2006-06-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3005 is rated Moderate Risk (48.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.86%). EPSS rose +1.32% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3005

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.54% 1.86% +1.32%
2 2025-03-30 0.58% 0.54% -0.04%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.58% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3005

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3005

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3005

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2006-3005 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libjpeg6b), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3005
gentoo high CVE-2006-3005: 2 GLSA(s) (200606-11, 201412-08), 28 atom(s) (app-antivirus/bitdefender-console, app-arch/gzip, …); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-3005
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-3005
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-3005 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libjpeg6b), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3005

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-3005

  • Red Hat (2006-08-24T00:00:00)

    Red Hat does not consider this a security issue. It is expected behavior that a large input file will cause the processing program to use a large amount of memory.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3005

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r2:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r3:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r4:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r5:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo media-libs_jpeg 6b cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:media-libs_jpeg:6b:r6:*:*:*:*:*:*
gentoo linux — cpe:2.3:o:gentoo:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3005

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