Unscored severity · published Jul 28, 2006
CVE-2006-3913
Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary…
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CVSS
5.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative chunk_length or a (2) large chunk->offset value in a PACKET_PLAYER_ATTRIBUTE_CHUNK packet in the generic_handle_player_attribute_chunk function in common/packets.c, and (3) a large packet->length value in the handle_unit_orders function in server/unithand.c.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.7% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freeciv · Freeciv
2.1.0_beta1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-3913
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-3913
Exploit
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21171
Patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/21254
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/21352
securityreason.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
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