CVE-2006-0176
Buffer overflow in certain functions in src/fileio.c and src/unix/fileio.c in xmame before 11 January 2006 may allow local users to gain…
- 7.2HighCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 37% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in certain functions in src/fileio.c and src/unix/fileio.c in xmame before 11 January 2006 may allow local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -lang, (2) -ctrlr, (3) -pb, or (4) -rec argument on many operating systems, and via a long (5) -jdev argument on Ubuntu Linux.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Xmame 0.102 - 'lang' Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1415local, linuxpublished 13 Jan 2006Verified
- Xmame 0.102 - '-lang' Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1412local, linuxpublished 10 Jan 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
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- http://x.mame.net/changes-unix.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20060110 mysec.org Security Advisory : Xmame buffer overflow, with a possibility of privilege escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- xmame-multiple-parameters-bo(24102) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060110 mysec.org Security Advisory : Xmame buffer overflow, with a possibility of privilege escalation. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 16203 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2006-0184 (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-2006-0176)Record last updated .