CVE-2006-2222
Buffer overflow in zawhttpd 0.8.23, and possibly previous versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash)…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in zawhttpd 0.8.23, and possibly previous versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a request for a URI composed of several "\" (backslash) characters.
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.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- zawhttpd 0.8.23 - GET Remote Buffer Overflow (Denial of Service) (PoC) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1746dos, linuxpublished 4 May 2006Verified
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Timeline
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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)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% of all CVEs (10 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
7
- 25671 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5OP0315IKK.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1016030 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- zawhttpd-get-dos(26257) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20060502 zawhttpd - Buffer Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 852 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 17814 (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-2006-2223 (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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