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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2005-0906 json

Buffer overflow in a player logging function in the Tincat network library 2.x before 2.0.28, as used in games such as Sacred and The Settl…

published 2005-03-29 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2005-0907

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.9%
EPSS 4.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in a player logging function in the Tincat network library 2.x before 2.0.28, as used in games such as Sacred and The Settlers: Heritage of Kings, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-25291)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

4.92% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-25291 Tincat Network Library - Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2005-03-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/394404 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12912 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/tincat2bof-adv.txt 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

References

Sources

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