CVE-2006-2587

Exp

Buffer overflow in the WebTool HTTP server component in (1) PunkBuster before 1.229, as used by multiple products including (2) America's Army 1.228 and earlier, (3) Battlefield 1942 1.158 and earlier, (4) Battlefield 2 1.184 and earlier, (5) Battlefield Vietnam 1.150 and earlier, (6) Call of Duty 1.173 and earlier, (7) Call of Duty 2 1.108 and earlier, (8) DOOM 3 1.159 and earlier, (9) Enemy Territory 1.167 and earlier, (10) Far Cry 1.150 and earlier, (11) F.E.A.R. 1.093 and earlier, (12) Joint Operations 1.187 and earlier, (13) Quake III Arena 1.150 and earlier, (14) Quake 4 1.181 and earlier, (15) Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield 1.169 and earlier, (16) Rainbow Six 4: Lockdown 1.093 and earlier, (17) Return to Castle Wolfenstein 1.175 and earlier, and (18) Soldier of Fortune II 1.183 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long webkey parameter.

Published: 2006-05-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-2587 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 17.70%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +3.49% 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-2006-2587

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
1819 exploit_db edb 2006-05-23 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-2587

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 2026-05-21 14.21% 17.70% +3.49%
2 2025-10-05 11.68% 14.21% +2.54%
3 2025-03-30 — 11.68% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2587

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-2006-2587

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2587

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
even_balance punkbuster 1.228 cpe:2.3:a:even_balance:punkbuster:1.228:*:servers:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2587

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