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CVE-2006-3913
Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service…
High7.5EPSS 5.7%
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Description
Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative chunk_length or a (2) large chunk->offset value in a PACKET_PLAYER_ATTRIBUTE_CHUNK packet in the generic_handle_player_attribute_chunk function in common/packets.c, and (3) a large packet->length value in the handle_unit_orders function in server/unithand.c.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.7% · top 6.9% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
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Affected products
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References (12)
- ADV-2006-2942 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21254 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- freeciv-packetsc-dos(27955) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21352 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060723 Two crash vulnerabilities in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 (SVN 15 Jul 2006) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- freeciv-unithand-dos(27956) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-1142 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 1296 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 21171 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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