The parse_command function in Genecys 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a command with a…

Description

The parse_command function in Genecys 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a command with a missing ":" (colon) separator, which triggers a null dereference.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

8.9% · top 4.7% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (9)

• 25482 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 20099 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/genecysbof-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1815 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20060512 Buffer-overflow and NULL pointer crash in Genecys 0.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 944 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• 17969 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• genecys-netparserc-dos(26523) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20060512 Buffer-overflow and NULL pointer crash in Genecys 0.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2006-2555](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2006-2555.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2006-2555)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:51 UTC.