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

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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

2.1

LOW

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.46%

Description

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.46% 0.00463

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00463

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 2, 2026	0.46% (0.00463)	37.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.43% (0.00434)	34.40th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00059)	15.75th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00890)	30.33th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	28.64th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	26.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00890)	12.04th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050461.html
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1818
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29933
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-October/050461.html		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1818		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29933		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 4, 2006

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 3, 2006

Link CVE-2006-5724

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2006-5724

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2006-5724