CVE-2006-3355

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-07-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in httpdget.c in mpg123 before 0.59s-rll allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URL, which is not properly terminated before being used with the strncpy function. NOTE: This appears to be the result of an incomplete patch for CVE-2004-0982.

Affected products

Mpg123: pre0.59s_r11

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133988
http://secunia.com/advisories/20937
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-01.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18794
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133988
http://secunia.com/advisories/20937
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-01.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18794

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