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CVE-2006-6227

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-12-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Core::Receive function in neonet/core.cpp for NeoEngine 0.8.2 and earlier, and CVS 3422, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (engine crash) via a message with a large uiMessageLength that produces a failed memory allocation and a null pointer dereference.

Affected products

• Neoengine: 0.8.2

References

• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/neoenginex-adv.txt
• http://www.osvdb.org/27927
• http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5MP0N2AIUC.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18696
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27529
• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/neoenginex-adv.txt
• http://www.osvdb.org/27927
• http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5MP0N2AIUC.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18696
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27529

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