CVE-2006-2496

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-05-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in iMonitor 2.4 in Novell eDirectory 8.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors.

Affected products

Novell eDirectory: 8.8
Novell Imonitor: 2.4

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20139
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016120
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2973759.htm
http://www.osvdb.org/25781
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434723/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18026
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1850
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-016.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26524
http://secunia.com/advisories/20139
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016120
http://support.novell.com/cgi-bin/search/searchtid.cgi?/2973759.htm

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