CVE-2006-0738

Exp

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in eStara SIP softphone allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang) via SIP INVITE requests with format string specifiers in the SDP session description, as demonstrated using (1) the field name, (2) the o field (owner/creator and session identifier), or (3) the m field (media name and transport address).

Published: 2006-02-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-0738 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.38%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.68% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2006-0738

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
27210 exploit_db edb 2006-02-14 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0738

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 2026-04-24 4.70% 6.38% +1.68%
2 2025-03-30 6.17% 4.70% -1.47%
3 2025-03-29 6.17%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0738

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0738

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0738

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
estara softphone <= 3.0.1.47 cpe:2.3:a:estara:softphone:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0738

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