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CVE-2006-6227
The Core::Receive function in neonet/core.cpp for NeoEngine 0.8.2 and earlier, and CVS 3422, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.4%
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- mitre
Description
The Core::Receive function in neonet/core.cpp for NeoEngine 0.8.2 and earlier, and CVS 3422, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a message with a large uiMessageLength that produces a failed memory allocation and a null pointer dereference.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.4% · top 16% 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: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/neoenginex-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 18696 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5MP0N2AIUC.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 27927 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- neoengine-uimessagelength-dos(27529) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- 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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