CVE-2006-1900

Severity: high (CVSS 7.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-20 · updated 2026-06-16

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."

Affected products

w3c Amaya: 9.4

References

http://morph3us.org/advisories/20060412-amaya-94-2.txt
http://morph3us.org/advisories/20060412-amaya-94.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/19670
http://www.osvdb.org/24623
http://www.osvdb.org/24624
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430877/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430879/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17507
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1351
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25791
http://morph3us.org/advisories/20060412-amaya-94-2.txt
http://morph3us.org/advisories/20060412-amaya-94.txt

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