CVE-2006-5821Heap-based buffer overflow in the IMA_SECURE_DecryptData1 function in ImaSystem.dll for Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 and 2.0, and Presentation…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 5.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the IMA_SECURE_DecryptData1 function in ImaSystem.dll for Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 and 2.0, and Presentation Server 3.0 and 4.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests to the Independent Management Architecture (IMA) service (ImaSrv.exe) with invalid size values that trigger the overflow during decryption.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.2% · top 7.4% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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
References8
- 20061109 ZDI-06-038: Citrix MetaFrame IMA Management Module Remote Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-038.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- citrix-ima-management-bo(30148) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1017205 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX111186 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20986 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 22802 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4429 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2006-5805 (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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