CVE DATABASE / CVE-2006-4024
CVE-2006-4024
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Summary
The FESTAHES_Load function in pce/hes.c in Festalon 0.5.0 through 0.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative LoadAddr value in a HES file, which is used as an offset in a memcpy operation and leads to a buffer underflow.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | PARTIAL |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Affected products
Festalon festalon
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References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/festahc-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21367
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19402
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3177
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-16. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.