CVE-2006-3913
Buffer overflow in Freeciv 2.1.0-beta1 and earlier, and SVN 15 Jul 2006 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative chunk_length or a (2) large chunk->offset value in a PACKET_PLAYER_ATTRIBUTE_CHUNK packet in the generic_handle_player_attribute_chunk function in common/packets.c, and (3) a large packet->length value in the handle_unit_orders function in server/unithand.c.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 5.7% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-3907)
- Published
- July 28, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-3907 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freeciv / freeciv
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/freecivx-adv.txt(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21171(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21254(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21352
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1296
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1142
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:135
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/441042/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19117(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2942
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27955
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27956
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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