$ cve CVE-2006-0306 JSON

CVE-2006-0306 EXPLOIT

5.0

MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.5% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

The DM Primer (dmprimer.exe) in the DM Deployment Common Component in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor Mobile Backup r4.0, BrightStor ARCserve Backup for Laptops & Desktops r11.0, r11.1, r11.1 SP1, Unicenter Remote Control 6.0, 6.0 SP1, CA Desktop Protection Suite r2, CA Server Protection Suite r2, and CA Business Protection Suite r2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or application hang) via a large network packet, which causes a WSAEMESGSIZE error code that is not handled, leading to a thread exit.

Scoring

CVSS	5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS	12.49% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-399
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	2006-01-19
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (7)

Vendor	Product
broadcom	brightstor arcserve backup laptops desktops
broadcom	brightstor mobile backup
broadcom	business protection suite
broadcom	desktop protection suite
broadcom	server protection suite
broadcom	unicenter remote control
ca	unicenter remote control

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Computer Associates Unicenter 6.0 - Remote Control DM Primer Remote Denial of Service	2006-01-17

References

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