CVE-2006-3913

Exp

Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative chunk_length or a (2) large chunk->offset value in a PACKET_PLAYER_ATTRIBUTE_CHUNK packet in the generic_handle_player_attribute_chunk function in common/packets.c, and (3) a large packet->length value in the handle_unit_orders function in server/unithand.c.

Published: 2006-07-28 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-3913 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.4/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.29%, 91th 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-2006-3913

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3913

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 2026-06-15 8.87% 5.29% -3.59%
2 2025-03-30 8.17% 8.87% +0.70%
3 2025-03-29 — 8.17% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3913

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-2006-3913

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-3913

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-3913 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freeciv), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-3913
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-3913 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freeciv), 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-2006-3913

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3913

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeciv freeciv 2.1.0_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.1.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3913

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