CVE-2006-4024 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The FESTAHES_Load function in pce/hes.c in Festalon 0.5.0 through 0.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative LoadAddr value in a HES file, which is used as an offset in a memcpy operation and leads to a buffer underflow.

Published: 2006-08-09

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 4.8% Low

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:festalon:festalon::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:festalon:festalon:0.5.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4017	The FESTAHES_Load function in pce/hes.c in Festalon 0.5.0 through 0.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative LoadAddr value in a HES file, which is used as an offset in a memcpy operation and leads to a buffer underflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04777.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/festahc-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/21367
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19402
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3177

History

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Subscriptions

Festalon Festalon

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:57:44.496Z

Reserved: 2006-08-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4024

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-09T00:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-4024

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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