CVE-2006-1148

Exp

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the procConnectArgs function in servmgr.cpp in PeerCast before 0.1217 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET request with a long (1) parameter name or (2) value in a URL, which triggers the overflow in the nextCGIarg function in servhs.cpp.

Published: 2006-03-10 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-1148 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.13%, 99th percentile). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.49% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2006-1148

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16786 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
16855 exploit_db edb 2010-09-20 Exploit-DB ↗
10027 exploit_db edb 2006-03-08 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1148

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 2026-04-08 82.64% 84.13% +1.49%
2 2025-10-30 81.71% 82.64% +0.92%
3 2025-03-17 — 81.71% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1148

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-2006-1148

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1148

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2006-1148: 1 GLSA(s) (200603-17), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/peercast); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1148

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1148

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
peercast peercast <= 0.1215 cpe:2.3:a:peercast:peercast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peercast peercast 0.1211 cpe:2.3:a:peercast:peercast:0.1211:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peercast peercast 0.1212 cpe:2.3:a:peercast:peercast:0.1212:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1148

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