Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
critical 10.0

CVE-2006-6917 in the critical feed json

Multiple buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup R11.5 Server before SP2 allows remote attackers to execute…

published 2006-12-31 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6900

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
30.2%
EPSS 30.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in Computer Associates (CA) BrightStor ARCserve Backup R11.5 Server before SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the Tape Engine (tapeeng.exe) via a crafted RPC request with (1) opnum 38, which is not properly handled in TAPEUTIL.dll 11.5.3884.0, or (2) opnum 37, which is not properly handled in TAPEENG.dll 11.5.3884.0.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-3086)

Exploit prediction

30.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-3086 CA BrightStor ARCserve - 'tapeeng.exe' Remote Buffer Overflow remote, 2007-01-05

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.