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CVE-2006-5724

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5724 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the "Answering Service" function of ICQ 2003b Build 3916. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service, crashing the application, by providing an excessively long string to the "AwayMsg Presets" registry key. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and only impacting availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2003b_build3916CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mirabilis:icq:2003b_build3916:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050461.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/1818
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29933