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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2006-2554 json

Buffer overflow in the tell_player_surr_changes function in Genecys 0.2 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…

published 2006-05-24 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2554

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.5%
EPSS 12.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in the tell_player_surr_changes function in Genecys 0.2 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long arguments.

Timeline

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

Exploit prediction

12.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% 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 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

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