CVE-2006-2439
Stack-based buffer overflow in ZipCentral 4.01 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive…
- 7.6HighCVSS base score
- 7.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in ZipCentral 4.01 allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a ZIP archive containing a long filename.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- ZipCentral - '.zip' Local Buffer Overflow (SEH) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 14433local, windowspublished 21 Jul 2010Verified
- ZipCentral - '.zip' File (SEH) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 12053local, windowspublished 4 Apr 2010Verified
- ZipCentral 4.01 - '.ZIP' File Handling Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2278local, windowspublished 30 Aug 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 flexera
- 15 days later
· 15 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 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.3% · top 5.5% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- 20179 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2006-35/advisory/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 25830 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- zipcentral-zip-filename-bo(26737) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1016176 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2049 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18160 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20060531 Secunia Research: ZipCentral ZIP File Handling Buffer OverflowVulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2006-2440 (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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