CVE-2006-0047
packets.c in Freeciv 2.0 before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via crafted packets with…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
packets.c in Freeciv 2.0 before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (server crash) via crafted packets with negative compressed size values.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Freeciv 2.0.7 - Jumbo Malloc Crash (Denial of Service) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1557dos, windowspublished 6 Mar 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 7.9% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
11
- 16975 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200603-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:053 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20060306 Out of memory crash in Freeciv 2.0.7 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19253 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-994 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 19227 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=355211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19120 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- freeciv-packets-dos(25166) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0055 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-0047)Record last updated .