CVE-2006-5781
Stack-based buffer overflow in the handshake function in iodine 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.63%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the handshake function in iodine 0.3.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted DNS response.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.63% probability · 89th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- iodine/iodine
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://code.kryo.se/iodine/CHANGELOG.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22674Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017155Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/30182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450399/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20883Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4333
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29995
- http://code.kryo.se/iodine/CHANGELOG.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22674Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017155Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/30182
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450399/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20883Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4333
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29995
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.