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CVE-2006-4662

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4662 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in the MCRegEx__Search function of AOL ICQ Pro 2003b Build 3916 and earlier. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by manipulating an inconsistent length field within a Message in a 0x2711 Type-Length-Value (TLV) type. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), it is considered highly severe, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to full compromise. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.99b_1.1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:0.99b_1.1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.99b_v.3.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:0.99b_v.3.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
98.0aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:98.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
99a_2.15build1701CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:99a_2.15build1701:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
99a_2.21build1800CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:99a_2.21build1800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0615 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/21834
securityreason.com / securityalert/1530
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28835
coresecurity.com / index.php5
PatchVendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/400780
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/445513/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19897
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3527