CVE-2006-0176 — Buffer overflow in certain functions in src/fileio.c and src/unix/fileio.c in xmame before 11 January 2006 may allow local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -lang, (2) -ctrlr, (3) -pb, or (4) -rec argument on many operating systems, and via a long (5) -jdev argument on Ubuntu Linux

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HIGH

Buffer overflow in certain functions in src/fileio.c and src/unix/fileio.c in xmame before 11 January 2006 may allow local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -lang, (2) -ctrlr, (3) -pb, or (4) -rec argument on many operating systems, and via a long (5) -jdev argument on Ubuntu Linux

Published Jan 11, 2006

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.01%

Description

Buffer overflow in certain functions in src/fileio.c and src/unix/fileio.c in xmame before 11 January 2006 may allow local users to gain privileges via a long (1) -lang, (2) -ctrlr, (3) -pb, or (4) -rec argument on many operating systems, and via a long (5) -jdev argument on Ubuntu Linux.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.01% 0.01006

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01006

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.01% (0.01006)	61.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.98% (0.00983)	57.56th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.10% (0.00096)	24.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0353.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421849/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16203
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://x.mame.net/changes-unix.html
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24102
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2006-01/0353.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/421849/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16203		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://x.mame.net/changes-unix.html		x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24102		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jan 11, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jan 11, 2006

Link CVE-2006-0176

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-0176

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-0176