TI-2006-06061 Aliases CVE-2006-6297 GHSA-7rv3-2wf3-pj6w

Stack consumption vulnerability in the KFILE JPEG (kfile_jpeg) plugin in kdegraphics 3…

LOW 27CWE-399Published 2006-12-05 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Partial
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Stack consumption vulnerability in the KFILE JPEG (kfile_jpeg) plugin in kdegraphics 3, as used by konqueror, digikam, and other KDE image browsers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption) via a crafted EXIF section in a JPEG file, which results in an infinite recursion.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0234 83rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.2:::::::*	3.2	Vulnerable	KDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.4.3:::::::*	3.4.3	Vulnerable	KDE

cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2 Vulnerable ·KDE
cpe:2.3:a:kde:kdegraphics:3.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.4.3 Vulnerable ·KDE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-6297
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7rv3-2wf3-pj6w

References

Advisory 4

Other 1

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20061129-1.txt

TI-2005-03421 Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
TI-2009-03827 The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in Xpdf 3.0.0, gpdf 2.8.2, kpdf in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
TI-2010-03528 The FoFiType1::parse function in fofi/FoFiType1.cc in the PDF parser in xpdf before… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2005-03422 Xpdf, as used in products such as gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml, poppler, teTeX, CUPS… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
TI-2005-03420 The CCITTFaxStream::CCITTFaxStream function in Stream.cc for xpdf, gpdf, kpdf, pdftohtml… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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