HIGH
Buffer overflow in the addnewword function in typespeed 0.4.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors
Published May 31, 2006
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.61%
Description
Buffer overflow in the addnewword function in typespeed 0.4.4 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.3.1
- 0.3.2
- 0.3.3
- 0.3.4
- 0.3.5
- 0.4.0
- 0.4.1
- 0.4.2
- 0.4.3
- 0.4.4
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.61% 0.03614
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 4, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03614
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed. Showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2026 | 3.61% (0.03614) | 89.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.58% (0.03577) | 87.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 5.42% (0.05421) | 89.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.19% (0.04190) | 80.87th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.42% (0.05421) | 89.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 17.30% (0.17297) | 96.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 15.46% (0.15464) | 94.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 93.24th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 92.60th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 7.78% (0.07777) | 81.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20379 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20393 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20708 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1084 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-20.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18194 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2087 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20379 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20393 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20708 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1084 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-20.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18194 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2087 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published May 31, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Mar 30, 2006
Link CVE-2006-1515
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a