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CVE-2006-2148
Multiple buffer overflows in client.c in CGI:IRC (CGIIRC) before 0.5.8 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in client.c in CGI:IRC (CGIIRC) before 0.5.8 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) cookies or (2) the query string.
Timeline
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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)
- 4.7% · top 8.1% of all CVEs (9 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
10
- ADV-2006-1607 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- cgiirc-client-bo(26173) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://cvs.cgiirc.org/chngview?cn=283 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19985 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cvs.cgiirc.org/chngview?cn=263 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19922 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cvs.cgiirc.org/timeline?d=300&e=2006-Apr-30&c=2&px=&s=0&dm=1&x=1&m=1 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 17799 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=365680 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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-2006-2149 (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-2006-2148)Record last updated .