CVE-2006-4024

Public Exploit

Description

The FESTAHES_Load function in pce/hes.c in Festalon 0.5.0 through 0.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative LoadAddr value in a HES file, which is used as an offset in a memcpy operation and leads to a buffer underflow.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.38% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory altervista.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3177	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19402	vdb entry
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/festahc-adv.txt	vendor advisory exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/21367	third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-4024?: CVE-2006-4024 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-4024?: To fix CVE-2006-4024, 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-2006-4024 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2006-4024 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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