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TI-2006-03789 Aliases CVE-2006-3913GHSA-jh72-rhv6-r272

Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier…

Priority MEDIUM 41Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative chunk_length or a (2) large chunk->offset value in a PACKET_PLAYER_ATTRIBUTE_CHUNK packet in the generic_handle_player_attribute_chunk function in common/packets.c, and (3) a large packet->length value in the handle_unit_orders function in server/unithand.c.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05718 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.1.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.1.0_beta1Vulnerablefreeciv
  • cpe:2.3:a:freeciv:freeciv:2.1.0_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.1.0_beta1 Vulnerable ·freeciv

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-3913
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jh72-rhv6-r272

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

Other 1

  • TI-2010-02348 freeciv 2.2 before 2.2.1 and 2.3 before 2.3.0 allows attackers to read arbitrary files or… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2012-05047 Freeciv before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted packet. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-18439 Freeciv before 2.6.7 and before 3.0.3 is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2012-04746 Uncontrolled resource consumption in freeciv CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2006-00042 packets.c in Freeciv 2.0 before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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