CVE-2006-2393

Exp

The client_cmd function in Empire 4.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by causing long text strings to be appended to the player->client buffer, which causes an invalid memory access.

Published: 2006-05-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2393 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 10.90%, 93th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2006-2393

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1782 exploit_db edb 2006-05-14 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2393

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 9.72% 10.90% +1.18%
2 2025-03-29 10.90% 9.72% -1.18%
3 2025-03-17 — 10.90% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2393

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-2006-2393

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2393

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
empire_server empire_server 4.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
empire_server empire_server 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:empire_server:empire_server:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2393

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