Is CVE-2006-1168 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-1168 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-1168?

CVE-2006-1168 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-1168?

CVE-2006-1168 has an EPSS score of 5.42% (92th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1168?

Upgrade ncompress on debian 11 to 4.2.4-16 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-1168

HIGHEPSS 92th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available

ncompressDebian

Fixed in:4.2.4-16CVE-2006-1168

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

5.42%probability of exploitation in 30 days

92ndpercentile

High risk: more likely to be exploited than 92% of all known CVEs.

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.