CVE-2006-1010

Exp

Buffer overflow in socket/request.c in CrossFire before 1.9.0, when oldsocketmode is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute code by sending the server a large request.

Published: 2006-03-06 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1010 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.25%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-1010

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1535 exploit_db edb 2006-02-27 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1010

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 2026-06-15 28.41% 17.25% -11.16%
2 2025-03-30 22.25% 28.41% +6.16%
3 2025-03-29 — 22.25% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1010

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1010

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1010

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-1010 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (crossfire), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1010
gentoo high CVE-2006-1010: 1 GLSA(s) (200604-11), 1 atom(s) (games-server/crossfire-server); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1010
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1010 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (crossfire), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 8, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1010

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1010

Solution: This vulnerability affects CrossFire versions 1.8.0 and previous.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1010

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
crossfire crossfire 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:crossfire:crossfire:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
crossfire crossfire 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:crossfire:crossfire:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1010

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