CVE-2006-2393 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The client_cmd function in Empire 4.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by causing long text strings to be appended to the player->client buffer, which causes an invalid memory access.

Published: 2006-05-16

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 10.9% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:4.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:4.3.2:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10905.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/empiredos-adv.txt
http://empserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/empserver/empserver/src/lib/player/
http://secunia.com/advisories/20094
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/896
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433940/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1798
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26525

History

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Subscriptions

Empire Server Empire Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-16T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.341Z

Reserved: 2006-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2393

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-16T01:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2393

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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