CVE-2006-3573

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-134

Description

Format string vulnerability in the WriteText function in agl_text.cpp in Milan Mimica Sparklet 0.9.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a player nickname.

Affected products

Milan Mimica Sparklet: through 0.9.4

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sparkletfs-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/20974
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016443
http://www.osvdb.org/27038
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/439475/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18862
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18949
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2695
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2763
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27603
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sparkletfs-adv.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/20974

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