CVE-2006-1061: daniel_stenberg curl
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2006-1061 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in daniel_stenberg curl. EPSS estimates a 5.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 21-03-2006PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in cURL and libcURL 7.15.0 through 7.15.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a TFTP URL (tftp://) with a valid hostname and a long path.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
5.25%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
93%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 5.25% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Daniel_stenberg1 product
- curl7.15.0 | 7.15.1 | 7.15.2
Debian1 product
- curl< 7.15.3-1
2 vendors · 2 products
References
14 links- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-March/msg00048.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
- curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20060320.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
