CVE-2006-1148
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the procConnectArgs function in servmgr.cpp in PeerCast before 0.1217 allow remote attackers to…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 73.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 5Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the procConnectArgs function in servmgr.cpp in PeerCast before 0.1217 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request with a long (1) parameter name or (2) value in a URL, which triggers the overflow in the nextCGIarg function in servhs.cpp.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Metasploit modules and 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits5
Metasploit modules2 modules
- PeerCast URL Handling Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/linux/http/peercast_urlRank averagedisclosed 8 Mar 2006
- PeerCast URL Handling Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/http/peercast_urlRank averagedisclosed 8 Mar 2006
Exploit-DB3 entries
- PeerCast 0.1216 (Windows x86) - URL Handling Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16786remote, windows_x86published 20 Sept 2010Verified
- PeerCast 0.1216 (Linux) - URL Handling Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16855remote, linuxpublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
- PeerCast 0.1216 - Remote Stack Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 10027remote, linuxpublished 8 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 mitre
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)
- 73.0% · top 0.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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
References10
- 17040 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- GLSA-200603-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0900 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.infigo.hr/in_focus/INFIGO-2006-03-01 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20060309 INFIGO-2006-03-01: PeerCast streaming server remote buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 23777 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 19291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19169 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- peercast-url-bo(25113) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.peercast.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3346 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2006-1152 (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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