CVE-2006-1744 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'sail' game within BSDgames (versions prior to 2.17-7). This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long player name during a scanf function call. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a medium severity. It requires local access (AV:L) and low attack complexity (AC:L), with no authentication needed (Au:N), potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting low awareness and limited interest in this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joey_hess:bsdgames:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joey_hess:bsdgames:2.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joey_hess:bsdgames:2.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.14CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joey_hess:bsdgames:2.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:joey_hess:bsdgames:2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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