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CVE-2006-2971

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CVE-2006-2971 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the recv_packet function of 0verkill 0.16, allowing remote attackers to crash the game daemon. This denial-of-service vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Proof-of-Concept exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB. Despite this, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and the vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:overkill:overkill:0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-1894 · Jun 9, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0455 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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

secunia.com / advisories/20551
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1090
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/27028
osvdb.org / 26029
securityfocus.com / archive/1/436659/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/18353
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2245