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
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.88% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-03-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freeciv | freeciv |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Freeciv 2.0.7 - Jumbo Malloc Crash (Denial of Service) | 2006-03-06 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=355211
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19253
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-994
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:053
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426866/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16975
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0838
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25166
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=355211
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19227
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19253
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-994
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200603-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:053
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426866/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16975
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