CVE-2006-2391

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in EMC Retrospect Client 5.1 through 7.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet to port 497.

Affected products

EMC Retrospect Client: 5.1, 6.5, 7.0, 7.5

References

http://kb.dantz.com/display/2n/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9511
http://secunia.com/advisories/20080
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016063
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016136
http://www.acrossecurity.com/aspr/ASPR-2006-05-17-1-PUB.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/186944
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434726/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17948
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18064
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1766
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26380
http://kb.dantz.com/display/2n/articleDirect/index.asp?aid=9511

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