CVE-2006-5656

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-11-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

Memory leak in the push_align function in src/util.c in Vilistextum before 2.6.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via unspecified vectors related to the tmp_align variable. NOTE: it is not clear whether this is a vulnerability, due to the functionality of the product.

Affected products

Vilistextum: 2.6.6, 2.6.7

References

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=626024
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20813
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4253
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=626024
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20813
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4253

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