CVE-2006-5216

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Sergey Lyubka Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.34 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long URI.

Published: 2006-10-10 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-5216 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.80%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.34% 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-2006-5216

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
16759 exploit_db edb 2010-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗
2482 exploit_db edb 2006-10-05 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5216

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 2025-09-03 80.46% 81.80% +1.34%
2 2025-07-20 80.75% 80.46% -0.30%
3 2025-05-28 — 80.75% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-5216

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-2006-5216

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-5216

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-5216: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5216

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-5216

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sergey_lyubka simple_httpd 1.34 cpe:2.3:a:sergey_lyubka:simple_httpd:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-5216

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