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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.1

CVE-2006-0855 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in the fullpath function in misc.c for zoo 2.10 and earlier, as used in products such as Barracuda Spam Firewal…

published 2006-02-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0860

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the fullpath function in misc.c for zoo 2.10 and earlier, as used in products such as Barracuda Spam Firewall, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ZOO file that causes the combine function to return a longer string than expected.

Patch / fix

  • zoo openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.10-1025.8

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10445-1

Exploit prediction

4.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • guay-leroux.com http://www.guay-leroux.com/projects/barracuda-advisory-ZOO.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • guay-leroux.com http://www.guay-leroux.com/projects/zoo-advisory.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0061.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/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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