CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2006-5724

    CVE-2006-5724

    Heap-based buffer overflow the "Answering Service" function in ICQ 2003b Build 3916 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in the "AwayMsg Presets" value in the ICQ\ICQPro\DefaultPrefs\Presets registry key.

    Published:Nov 4, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 4, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.00163
    CVSS Score:2.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Mirabilis
    Product
    Icq

    Exploits

    http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050461.htmlhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050461.html

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2006-4662 (CVSS 7.5) — Heap-based buffer overflow in the MCRegEx__Search function in AOL ICQ Pro 2003b Build 3916 and earlier allows …
    CVE-2006-2303 (CVSS 6.4) — Cross-Application Scripting (XAS) vulnerability in ICQ Client 5.04 build 2321 and earlier allows remote attack…
    CVE-2006-0766 (CVSS 5.1) — ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, and possibly other Windows versions allows…
    CVE-2006-0765 (CVSS 5.1) — GUI display truncation vulnerability in ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, an…
    CVE-2005-3433 (CVSS 5.1) — Buffer overflow in Mirabilis ICQ 2003a allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code by convincing …
    CVE-2003-0769 (CVSS 4.3) — Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the ICQ Web Front guestbook (guestbook.html) allows remote attacke…
    CVE-2003-0237 (CVSS 7.5) — The "ICQ Features on Demand" functionality for Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a does not properly verify the authentici…
    CVE-2003-0236 (CVSS 7.5) — Integer signedness errors in the POP3 client for Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a allow remote attackers to execute arb…
    CVE-2003-0235 (CVSS 7.5) — Format string vulnerability in POP3 client for Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a allows remote malicious servers to exec…
    CVE-2003-0239 (CVSS 5) — icqateimg32.dll parsing/rendering library in Mirabilis ICQ Pro 2003a allows remote attackers to cause a denial…

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High