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CVE-2006-5216

71
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5216 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Sergey Lyubka Simple HTTPD (shttpd) version 1.34, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted, long URI. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit intelligence shows publicly available Metasploit modules and ExploitDB entries, suggesting a high likelihood of exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.34CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sergey_lyubka:simple_httpd:1.34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
63.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: SHTTPD URI-Encoded POST Request Overflow · Oct 6, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16759 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6356 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 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

exploitlabs.com / files/advisories/EXPL-A-2006-005-shttpd.txt
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050146.html
secunia.com / advisories/22294
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29368
exploit-db.com / exploits/2482
securityfocus.com / bid/20393
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3939