CVE-2006-4024 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 5.1% (pctl 92)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The FESTAHES_Load function in pce/hes.c in Festalon 0.5.0 through 0.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative LoadAddr value in a HES file, which is used as an offset in a memcpy operation and leads to a buffer underflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 5.1% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-08-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| festalon | festalon |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Festalon 0.5 - '.HES' Remote Heap Buffer Overflow | 2006-08-07 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/festahc-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21367
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19402
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3177
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/festahc-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21367
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19402
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3177
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