CVE-2006-6184

Exp

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in Allied Telesyn TFTP Server (AT-TFTP) 1.9, and possibly earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a long filename in a (1) GET or (2) PUT command.

Published: 2006-12-01 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-6184 is rated High Exploit Risk (90.4/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 81.30%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 5 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-2006-6184

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
24952 exploit_db edb 2013-04-12 Exploit-DB ↗
16350 exploit_db edb 2011-03-05 Exploit-DB ↗
10603 exploit_db edb 2009-12-22 Exploit-DB ↗
2887 exploit_db edb 2006-12-03 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6184

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 2026-02-14 80.58% 81.30% +0.73%
2 2025-09-11 79.03% 80.58% +1.54%
3 2025-07-20 79.03%

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6184

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6184

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6184

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2006-6184: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6184

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2006-6184

  • Allied Telesyn (2007-04-17T00:00:00)

    More recent revision AT-TFTPD Server 2.0 does not suffer the listed vulnerability. Only the more recent revision AT-TFTPD Server 2.0 can be found for download from our website, currently via the following link: http://www.alliedtelesis.com/support/software/default.aspx?cid=1&pid=182

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6184

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alliedtelesyn at-tftp <= 1.9 cpe:2.3:a:alliedtelesyn:at-tftp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6184

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