CVE-2006-0019

critical

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the encodeURI and decodeURI functions in the kjs JavaScript interpreter engine in KDE 3.2.0 through 3.5.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted, UTF-8 encoded URI.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11858

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24242

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-0027

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0265

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-245-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16325

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427976/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422489/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/422464/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0184.html

http://www.osvdb.org/22659

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:019

http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060119-1.txt

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200601-11.xml

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-948

http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.361107

http://securitytracker.com/id?1015512

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/364

http://secunia.com/advisories/18899

http://secunia.com/advisories/18583

http://secunia.com/advisories/18570

http://secunia.com/advisories/18561

http://secunia.com/advisories/18559

http://secunia.com/advisories/18552

http://secunia.com/advisories/18540

http://secunia.com/advisories/18500

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-01-20

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0614