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CVE-2006-4126

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-08-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The dc_chat function in cmd.dc.c in DConnect Daemon 0.7.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending a client message before providing the nickname, which triggers a null pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Dconnect Daemon: 0.0.2, 0.0.3, 0.7.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/21384
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1377
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016641
• http://www.dc.ds.pg.gda.pl/
• http://www.dc.ds.pg.gda.pl/?page=doc&doc=changelog
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442440/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19370
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3181
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28279
• http://secunia.com/advisories/21384
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1377
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1016641

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