CVE-2006-2971 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 4.5% (pctl 91)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer overflow in the recv_packet function in 0verkill 0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a UDP packet with fewer than 12 bytes, which results in a long length value to the crc32 function.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 4.55% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-06-12 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| overkill | overkill |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | 0verkill 0.16 - ASCII-ART Game Remote Integer Overflow Crash (PoC) | 2006-06-09 |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20551
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1090
- http://www.osvdb.org/26029
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436659/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18353
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2245
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27028
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20551
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1090
- http://www.osvdb.org/26029
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436659/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18353
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2245
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27028
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