Is CVE-2006-3879 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-3879 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-3879?

CVE-2006-3879 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2006-3879

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 9.5%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in the loadChunk function in loaders/load_gt2.c in libmikmod in Mikmod Sound System 3.2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a GRAOUMF TRACKER (GT2) module file with a large (0xffffffff) comment length value in an XCOM chunk.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 9.5% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-3873)
Published: July 27, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3873 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod
miod vallat / mikmod

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/lmmgt2ho-adv.txt(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
http://aluigi.org/poc/lmmgt2ho.zip(Exploit)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21196(Vendor Advisory)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1288
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441006/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19134(Exploit)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2967(Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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