CVE-2006-1046 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Monopd 0.9.3, specifically within its server.cpp component. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending a specially crafted string with numerous escapable characters, leading to excessive CPU and memory consumption when Monopd generates XML output. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and no authentication required, resulting in a partial denial of service. While not on the KEV catalog and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:monopd:monopd:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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