CVE-2006-2399

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in the ServerNetworking::incoming_client_data function in servnet.cpp in Outgun 1.0.3 bot 2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a data_file_request command with a long (1) type or (2) name string.

Published: 2006-05-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2399 is rated High Exploit Risk (80/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 13.98%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.16% 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-2006-2399

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1781 exploit_db edb 2006-05-14 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2399

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 11.82% 13.98% +2.16%
2 2025-03-29 13.98% 11.82% -2.16%
3 2025-03-17 13.98%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2399

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-2006-2399

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2399

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
outgun outgun <= 1.0.3_bot_2 cpe:2.3:a:outgun:outgun:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
outgun outgun 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:outgun:outgun:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
outgun outgun 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:outgun:outgun:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2399

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