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CVE-2006-1236

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1236 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the SetUp function of CrossFire 1.9.0, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted, long setup sound command. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:crossfire:crossfire:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
27.40%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-50216 · Aug 18, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2740 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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

cvs.sourceforge.net / viewcvs.py/crossfire/crossfire/socket/request.c
packetstormsecurity.com / files/163873/Crossfire-Server-1.0-Buffer-Overflow.html
secunia.com / advisories/19237
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19276
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25252
exploit-db.com / exploits/1582
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1009
osvdb.org / 23904
securityfocus.com / bid/17093
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0951