CVE-2006-0474

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple integer overflows in Shareaza 2.2.1.0 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a large packet length field, which causes an overflow in the ReadBuffer function in (a) BTPacket.cpp and (b) EDPacket.cpp, or (2) a large packet, which causes a heap-based overflow in the Write function in (c) Packet.h.

Affected products

Shareaza: 2.2.1.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0887.html
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/shareaza/shareaza/BTPacket.cpp?r1=1.5&r2=1.5.4.1
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/shareaza/shareaza/EDPacket.cpp?r1=1.15&r2=1.15.2.1
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/382
http://www.hustlelabs.com/shareaza_advisory.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423293/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16399
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24342
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24343
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24344
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0887.html
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/shareaza/shareaza/BTPacket.cpp?r1=1.5&r2=1.5.4.1

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