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CVE-2006-0460

73
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0460 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in BomberClone versions prior to 0.11.6.2, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through crafted, long error messages. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploit code is publicly available, including a Metasploit module and entries on ExploitDB, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation. Despite the availability of exploits, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bomberclone:bomberclone:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bomberclone:bomberclone:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bomberclone:bomberclone:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bomberclone:bomberclone:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:bomberclone:bomberclone:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
67.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Bomberclone 0.11.6 Buffer Overflow · Feb 16, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16433 · Apr 30, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6775 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/18914
secunia.com / advisories/18915
secunia.com / advisories/19210
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24764
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-997
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-09.xml
PatchVendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 23263
securityfocus.com / bid/16697
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0643