CVE-2006-3908

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-07-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in the flush_output function in ConsoleStreambuf.cpp in Game Network Engine (GNE) 0.70 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute code via format string specifiers in unspecified vectors involving output to the gout console.

Affected products

Gillius Programming Game Networking Engine: through 0.7; cvs_2006-07-23

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gnefs-adv.txt
http://gnelib.cvs.sourceforge.net/gnelib/gnelib/src/ConsoleStreambuf.cpp?r1=1.8&r2=1.9&sortby=date
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19154
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27959
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/gnefs-adv.txt
http://gnelib.cvs.sourceforge.net/gnelib/gnelib/src/ConsoleStreambuf.cpp?r1=1.8&r2=1.9&sortby=date
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19154
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2993
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27959

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