CVE-2006-0176

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-01-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in certain functions in src/fileio.c and src/unix/fileio.c in xmame before 11 January 2006 may allow local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -lang, (2) -ctrlr, (3) -pb, or (4) -rec argument on many operating systems, and via a long (5) -jdev argument on Ubuntu Linux.

Affected products

Xmame: 0.102

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0353.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421849/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16203
http://x.mame.net/changes-unix.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24102
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0353.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421849/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16203
http://x.mame.net/changes-unix.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24102

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