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CVE-2006-2393

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The client_cmd function in Empire 4.3.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by causing long text strings to be appended to the player->client buffer, which causes an invalid memory access.

Affected products

• Empire Server: 4.3.0, 4.3.2

References

• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/empiredos-adv.txt
• http://empserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/empserver/empserver/src/lib/player/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20094
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/896
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433940/100/0/threaded
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1798
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26525
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/empiredos-adv.txt
• http://empserver.cvs.sourceforge.net/empserver/empserver/src/lib/player/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20094
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/896
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433940/100/0/threaded

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