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$ cve CVE-2006-0047 JSON

CVE-2006-0047 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.9% (pctl 95)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

packets.c in Freeciv 2.0 before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via crafted packets with negative compressed size values.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS7.88% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-20
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2006-03-07
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
freecivfreeciv

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbFreeciv 2.0.7 - Jumbo Malloc Crash (Denial of Service)2006-03-06

References

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