CVE-2006-5821
Heap-based buffer overflow in the IMA_SECURE_DecryptData1 function in ImaSystem.dll for Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 and 2.0, and Presentation Server 3.0 and 4.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests to the Independent Management Architecture (IMA) service (ImaSrv.exe) with invalid size values that trigger the overflow during decryption.
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
- 5.2% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5805)
- Published
- November 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5805 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- citrix / metaframe
- citrix / metaframe
- citrix / metaframe presentation server
- citrix / metaframe presentation server
- citrix / metaframe presentation server
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22802
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017205
- http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX111186(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/451337/100/100/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4429
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-06-038.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30148
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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