CVE-2006-2440

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the libMagick component of ImageMagick 6.0.6.2 might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image index array that triggers the overflow during filename glob expansion by the ExpandFilenames function.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 18, 2006
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2006-2440: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix