CVE-2006-1146

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Cmd_Say_f function in g_cmds.c in Alien Arena 2006 Gold Edition 5.00 allows remote attackers (possibly authenticated) to execute arbitrary code by sending a long message to the server.

Published: 2006-03-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1146 is rated High Exploit Risk (76.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.58%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.13% 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-2006-1146

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1564 exploit_db edb 2006-03-07 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1146

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 15.45% 17.58% +2.13%
2 2025-03-29 17.58% 15.45% -2.13%
3 2025-03-17 17.58%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1146

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1146

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1146

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cor_entertainment alien_arena_2006 gold_5.00 cpe:2.3:a:cor_entertainment:alien_arena_2006:gold_5.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1146

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