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CVE-2006-0489

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0489 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the font command of mIRC, likely version 6.16. This flaw could allow a local user to execute arbitrary code through a long string, though the vendor disputed it as a local bug rather than a true vulnerability. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low severity with local access, low attack complexity, and partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:khaled_mardam-bey:mirc:6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/383
trout.snt.utwente.nl / ubbthreads/showflat.php
osvdb.org / 22942
securiteam.com / windowsntfocus/5IP080AHPQ.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/423192/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/423758/100/0/threaded