CVE-2006-2555

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-05-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The parse_command function in Genecys 0.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a command with a missing ":" (colon) separator, which triggers a null dereference.

Affected products

Genecys: through 0.2

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/genecysbof-adv.txt
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/046015.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20099
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/944
http://www.osvdb.org/25482
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/433929/30/5010/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17969
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1815
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26523
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/genecysbof-adv.txt
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/046015.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20099

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