CVE-2006-3908 is a format string vulnerability in the Game Network Engine (GNE) 0.70 and earlier, specifically within the flush_output function in ConsoleStreambuf.cpp. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by injecting format string specifiers into unspecified output vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and low attack complexity, enabling potential compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not been widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gillius_programming:game_networking_engine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
cvs_2006-07-23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gillius_programming:game_networking_engine:cvs_2006-07-23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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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 records are not available for this CVE.