CVE-2006-1038

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-03-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in SecureCRT 5.0.4 and earlier and SecureFX 3.0.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact when a Unicode string is converted to a "narrow" string.

Affected products

Van Dyke Technologies Securecrt: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0_beta_1 (+5)
Van Dyke Technologies Securefx: 3.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0_beta_1 (+6)

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16935
http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/history.txt
http://www.vandyke.com/products/securefx/history.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0806
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25092
http://secunia.com/advisories/19040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16935
http://www.vandyke.com/products/securecrt/history.txt
http://www.vandyke.com/products/securefx/history.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0806
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25092

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