CVEvulnerability
CVE-2006-6227
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2006-12-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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 configurations
• neoengine neoengine 0.8.2
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-690 Unchecked Return Value to NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/neoenginex-adv.txt Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/27927 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5MP0N2AIUC.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18696 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27529 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/neoenginex-adv.txt Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/27927 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5MP0N2AIUC.html Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18696 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27529 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com