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CVE-2006-2838
Buffer overflow in the web console in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.40, and Internet Gatekeeper 6.40 through 6.42 and 6.50…
High7.6EPSS 5.7%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the web console in F-Secure Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 6.40, and Internet Gatekeeper 6.40 through 6.42 and 6.50 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors. NOTE: By default, the connections are only allowed from the local host.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 1016197 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1016196 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- fsecure-webconsole-bo(26799) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20407 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.f-secure.com/security/fsc-2006-3.shtml (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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)
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