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medium 5.0

CVE-2006-2555 json

The parse_command function in Genecys 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a command with a mis…

published 2006-05-24 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2555

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
8.9%
EPSS 8.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 95%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The parse_command function in Genecys 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a command with a missing ":" (colon) separator, which triggers a null dereference.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1783)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

8.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-1783 Genecys 0.2 - Buffer Overflow / NULL Pointer (Denial of Service) dos, 2006-05-14
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/genecysbof-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • lists.grok.org.uk http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/046015.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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