CVE-2006-2393 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 3.8% (pctl 90)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The client_cmd function in Empire 4.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by causing long text strings to be appended to the player->client buffer, which causes an invalid memory access.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 3.76% — more likely to be exploited than 90% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-16 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| empire server | empire server |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Empire 4.3.2 - 'strncat' Denial of Service | 2006-05-14 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/empiredos-adv.txt
- http://empserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/empserver/empserver/src/lib/player/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20094
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/896
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433940/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1798
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26525
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/empiredos-adv.txt
- http://empserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/empserver/empserver/src/lib/player/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20094
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/896
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433940/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1798
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26525
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