CVE-2006-6854

HIGH 7.5CVE-2006-6854 · Published 31/12/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-6854 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting quickcam (de marchi daniele).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.3%, higher than 83.6% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
quickcam de_marchi_daniele	`≤ 1.0.9`	No fix yet

Description

The qcamvc_video_init function in qcamvc.c in De Marchi Daniele QuickCam VC Linux device driver (aka quickcam-vc) 1.0.9 and earlier does not properly check a boundary, triggering memory corruption, which might allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted QuickCam object.

References

securityfocus.com/archive/1/455487/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/21815
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31211

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