CVE-2006-3124

Exp

Buffer overflow in the HTTP header parsing in Streamripper before 1.61.26 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted HTTP headers.

Published: 2006-08-26 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3124 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 39.46%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-3124

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
2277 exploit_db edb 2006-08-29 Exploit-DB ↗
2274 exploit_db edb 2006-08-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3124

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 2025-07-29 38.88% 39.46% +0.58%
2 2025-04-14 38.71% 38.88% +0.17%
3 2025-03-30 — 38.71% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3124

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-2006-3124

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3124

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-3124 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (streamripper), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3124
gentoo normal CVE-2006-3124: 1 GLSA(s) (200609-01), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/streamripper); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-3124
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-3124 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (streamripper), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 7, ignored 1, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3124

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3124

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
streamripper streamripper 1.61.24 cpe:2.3:a:streamripper:streamripper:1.61.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
streamripper streamripper 1.61.25 cpe:2.3:a:streamripper:streamripper:1.61.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3124

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