vulnwire
7.5high

CVE-2006-55521 exploit

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in RevilloC MailServer 1.21 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consu…

Published 20 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
4.7%
percentile 92%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in RevilloC MailServer 1.21 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption or application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) MAIL FROM or (2) RCPT TO command.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

4.75% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-2650 RevilloC MailServer 1.x - 'RCPT TO' Remote Denial of Service · dos · 2006-10-25

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/20709 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/22559 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2006/4181 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • exploit-db.com /exploits/2650 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/29803 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.