CVE-2006-4789
Buffer overflow in Open Movie Editor 0.0.20060901 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.97%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 38% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in Open Movie Editor 0.0.20060901 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long project name in an open_movie_editor_project XML tag.
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. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- openmovieeditor 0.0.20060901 - 'name' Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 2338local, linuxpublished 9 Sept 2006Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 2338 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- openmovieeditor-filename-bo(28854) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19938 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 2338 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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-2006-4776 (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-2006-4789)Record last updated .