CVE-2006-4221

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 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: 2006-08-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the IBM Access Support eGatherer ActiveX control before 3.20.0284.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename parameter to the RunEgatherer method.

Affected products

IBM Egatherer: 2.0.16, 2.42.243

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/21528
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1424
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016705
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20060816.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/380277
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443471/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444899/100/100/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19554
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3305
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28418
http://secunia.com/advisories/21528
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1424

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