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CVE-2006-6183

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6183 describes multiple stack-based buffer overflows in 3Com 3CTftpSvc 2.0.1, and potentially earlier versions. This critical vulnerability, rated 10.0 CVSS, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by sending a crafted GET or PUT command with an excessively long mode field. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit intelligence indicates readily available public exploit code, including Metasploit modules and several ExploitDB entries, suggesting a high potential for exploitation despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:3com:3ctftpsvc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
70.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: 3CTftpSvc TFTP Long Mode Buffer Overflow · Nov 27, 2006
ExploitDB: EDB-16347 · May 9, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7057 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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/23113
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1930
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30545
securityfocus.com / archive/1/452754/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/21301
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/21322
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4738
Vendor Advisory