CVE-2006-3581

Exp

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Audacious AdPlug 2.0 and earlier allow remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via large (1) DTM and (2) S3M files.

Published: 2006-07-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3581 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 22.30%, 96th percentile). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2006-3581

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
28181 exploit_db edb 2006-07-06 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3581

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 2025-08-01 30.43% 22.30% -8.13%
2 2025-06-15 29.90% 30.43% +0.53%
3 2025-03-30 29.90%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3581

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3581

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3581

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-3581 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (adplug), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3581
gentoo normal CVE-2006-3581: 2 GLSA(s) (200607-13, 200609-06), 2 atom(s) (media-libs/adplug, media-sound/audacious); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-3581
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-3581 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (adplug), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-3581

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3581

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
audacious_media_player_team adplug <= 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:audacious_media_player_team:adplug:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3581

URL Tags
http://adplug.cvs.sourceforge.net/adplug/adplug/src/dtm.cpp?view=log#rev1.17
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/adplugbof-adv.txt Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20972 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21238 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21295 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/21869
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200607-13.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200609-06.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/27045
http://www.osvdb.org/27046
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439432/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18859 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2697 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27673
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27674
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