CVE-2006-1061

Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.

Published: 2006-03-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1061 is rated Moderate Risk (63.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.09%, 91th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +1.26% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1061

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 3.83% 5.09% +1.26%
2 2025-04-14 2.97% 3.83% +0.86%
3 2025-03-30 — 2.97% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1061

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-2006-1061

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1061

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-1061 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (curl), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1061
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1061: 1 GLSA(s) (200603-19), 1 atom(s) (net-misc/curl); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1061
suse high CVE-2006-1061 severity important: SUSE including 15 source package names (curl-7.79.1-1.1, curl-8.14.1-160000.2.2, …), 15 product×package rows across 4 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, SUSE Linux Micro 6.0, SUSE Linux Micro 6.1, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 15. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1061/
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1061 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (curl), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1061

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2006-1061

Solution: Update to version 7.15.3.

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1061

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
daniel_stenberg curl 7.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 7.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
daniel_stenberg curl 7.15.2 cpe:2.3:a:daniel_stenberg:curl:7.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1061

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