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medium 6.4

CVE-2006-1010 json

Buffer overflow in socket/request.c in CrossFire before 1.9.0, when oldsocketmode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of…

published 2006-03-06 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1014

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
17.6%
EPSS 17.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in socket/request.c in CrossFire before 1.9.0, when oldsocketmode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute code by sending the server a large request.

Patch / fix

  • crossfire Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.0-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1010

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1535)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

17.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1535 CrossFire 1.8.0 - 'oldsocketmode' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2006-02-27
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/19044 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/poc/crossfirebof.zip referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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