CVE-2006-0189

Exp

Buffer overflow in eStara Softphone 3.0.1.14 through 3.0.1.46 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long attribute (aka "a") field in the SDP data of a SIP packet on UDP port 5060.

Published: 2006-01-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0189 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 42.55%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-0189

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1414 exploit_db edb 2006-01-12 Exploit-DB ↗
1413 exploit_db edb 2006-01-12 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0189

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 44.35% 42.55% -1.80%
2 2025-03-29 42.55% 44.35% +1.80%
3 2025-03-19 42.55%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0189

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0189

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-0189

Solution: This is the vendor provided solution: "eStara has released Softphone version 3.0.1.47 to resolve the buffer overflow demonstrated in parsing SDP with long "a=" lines. Licensed customers can download a new version via the email sent to them with purchase, customers testing may go back to http://www.estara.com/softphone/ to obtain a new free trial. Version information can be gathered by going to Help->About. eStara highly recommends all customers upgrade to avoid this issue. If there's further questions please email us: [email protected]. eStara would like to thank ZwelL for bringing the issue to our attention."

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0189

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
estara softphone 3.0.1.14 cpe:2.3:a:estara:softphone:3.0.1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
estara softphone 3.0.1.46 cpe:2.3:a:estara:softphone:3.0.1.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0189

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