CVE-2006-0992

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 73.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-04-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Novell GroupWise Messenger before 2.0 Public Beta 2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Accept-Language value without a comma or semicolon. NOTE: due to a typo, the original ZDI advisory accidentally referenced CVE-2006-0092. This is the correct identifier.

Affected products

Novell Groupwise Messenger: 2.0

References

http://cirt.dk/advisories/cirt-42-advisory.txt
http://metasploit.blogspot.com/2006/04/exploit-development-groupwise_14.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19663
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015911
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?10100861.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/24617
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430911/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17503
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1355
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-008.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25828
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1679

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