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CVE-2006-1061
Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 14 days later
· 14 days 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.3% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References13
- FEDORA-2006-189 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 19371 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200603-19 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1008 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20060320.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19335 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17154 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23982 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20060320 [SSAG#001] :: cURL tftp:// URL Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 2006-0016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 19271 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- curl-tftp-bo(25318) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19344 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2006-1065 (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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