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high 7.5

CVE-2006-1236 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in the SetUp function in socket/request.c in CrossFire 1.9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long s…

published 2006-03-15 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1240

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
28.0%
EPSS 28.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the SetUp function in socket/request.c in CrossFire 1.9.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long setup sound command, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1010.

Patch / fix

  • crossfire Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.9.0-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1236

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-1236 updated cvss 7.3

crossfire: allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long setup sound command

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-1582)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

27.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-50216 crossfire-server 1.9.0 - 'SetUp()' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2021-08-18
  • EDB-1582 crossfire-server 1.9.0 - 'SetUp()' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2006-03-13
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17093 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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