CVE-2006-4183
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier,...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
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Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
- Record
CVE-2006-4183- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
- Record
CVE-2006-4183- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2006-4173 No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
- Record
EUVD-2006-4173- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vjj4-vv7h-9qhp No score
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier,...
Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
- Record
GHSA-vjj4-vv7h-9qhp- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2006-4183 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Microsoft Directx Sdk, published July 18, 2007. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.16%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.