CVE-2006-0966

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

NCP Network Communication Secure Client 8.11 Build 146, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large number of arguments to ncprwsnt.exe, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

Affected products

Ncp Network Communications Secure Client: 8.11_build_146

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/042640.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19082
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426480/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16906
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25248
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-March/042640.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19082
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/426480/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16906
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25248

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