CVE-2006-2971

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-06-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in the recv_packet function in 0verkill 0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a UDP packet with fewer than 12 bytes, which results in a long length value to the crc32 function.

Affected products

Overkill: 0.16

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/20551
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1090
http://www.osvdb.org/26029
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436659/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18353
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2245
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27028
http://secunia.com/advisories/20551
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1090
http://www.osvdb.org/26029
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436659/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18353

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