THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-4662
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-4662

Icq vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
6.2%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Heap-based buffer overflow in the MCRegEx__Search function in AOL ICQ Pro 2003b Build 3916 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an inconsistent length field of a Message in a 0x2711 Type-Length-Value (TLV) type.
Affected vendor
Mirabilis
Affected product
Icq
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2006-09-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-4662

  • Confirm whether Mirabilis Icq is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-4662.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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