CVE-2006-1648

Public Exploit

Description

SMART SynchronEyes Student and Teacher 6.0, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a certain packet to the Teacher discovery port that causes SynchronEyes to connect to the attacker's machine and read a value that is used as a parameter to malloc.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 1.50% Top 20%

Third-Party Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429843/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17373	vdb entry exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1241	vdb entry
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015869	vdb entry
http://www.osvdb.org/24392	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/19535	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25663	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-1648?: CVE-2006-1648 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-1648?: To fix CVE-2006-1648, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-1648 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-1648 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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