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high 7.5

CVE-2006-1148 in the critical feed json

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the procConnectArgs function in servmgr.cpp in PeerCast before 0.1217 allow remote attackers to ex…

published 2006-03-10 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1152

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
73.0%
EPSS 73.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.4%
public exploits
5
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the procConnectArgs function in servmgr.cpp in PeerCast before 0.1217 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request with a long (1) parameter name or (2) value in a URL, which triggers the overflow in the nextCGIarg function in servhs.cpp.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/linux/http/peercast_url)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

73.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • Metasploit exploit/linux/http/peercast_url PeerCast URL Handling Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2006-03-08
  • Metasploit exploit/windows/http/peercast_url PeerCast URL Handling Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2006-03-08
  • EDB-16855 PeerCast 0.1216 (Linux) - URL Handling Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-16786 PeerCast 0.1216 (Windows x86) - URL Handling Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-09-20
  • EDB-10027 PeerCast 0.1216 - Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2006-03-08
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17040 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • infigo.hr http://www.infigo.hr/in_focus/INFIGO-2006-03-01 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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