CVE-2006-4006The do_gameinfo function in BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier, and possibly other functions, does not reset the packet data size, which…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 9.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 4.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The do_gameinfo function in BomberClone 0.11.6 and earlier, and possibly other functions, does not reset the packet data size, which causes the send_pkg function (packets.c) to use this data size when sending a reply, and allows remote attackers to read portions of server memory.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- BomberClone 0.11 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28314remote, linuxpublished 31 Jul 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
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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:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.2% · top 4.6% of all CVEs (12 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
References9
- bomberclone-sendpkg-information-disclosure(28092) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21303 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19255 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-1180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://aluigi.org/poc/bcloneboom.zip (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/bcloneboom-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3067 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27648 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 21985 (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-2006-3999 (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-2006-4006)Record last updated .