The decompress function in compress42.c in (1) ncompress 4.2.4 and (2) liblzw allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash), and possibly execute arbitrary code, via crafted data that leads to a buffer underflow.
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http://secunia.com/advisories/21880
http://secunia.com/advisories/22036
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Source: MITRE
Published: 2006-08-14
Updated: 2017-10-11
Type: NVD-CWE-Other
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 10
Severity: HIGH