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critical 9.0

CVE-2006-6652 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Appl…

published 2006-12-20 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6635

cvss
9.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
20.0%
EPSS 20.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the glob implementation (glob.c) in libc in NetBSD-current before 20050914, NetBSD 2.* and 3.* before 20061203, and Apple Mac OS X before 2007-004, as used by the FTP daemon and tnftpd, allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long pathname that results from path expansion.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2874)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

20.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29204 NetBSD 3.1 - 'FTPd / Tnftpd' Port Remote Buffer Overflow dos, 2006-12-01
  • EDB-2874 NetBSD - 'FTPd / Tnftpd' Remote Stack Overflow (PoC) dos, 2006-11-30

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

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

References

Sources

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