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CVE-2006-1655

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in mpg123 0.59r allow user-assisted attackers to trigger a segmentation fault and possibly have other impacts via a certain MP3 file, as demonstrated by mpg1DoS3. NOTE: this issue might be related to CVE-2004-0991, but it is not clear.

Affected products

• Mpg123: 0.59r

References

• http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/mpg1DoS3.pl
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20240
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20275
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20281
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1074
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:092
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17365
• http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/mpg1DoS3.pl
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20240
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20275
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20281
• http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1074

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