7.5

CVE-2006-5821: citrix metaframe

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 10-11-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-5821 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in citrix metaframe. EPSS estimates a 5.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
5.20%
0%100%
Low · -0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 10-11-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the IMA_SECURE_DecryptData1 function in ImaSystem.dll for Citrix MetaFrame XP 1.0 and 2.0, and Presentation Server 3.0 and 4.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests to the Independent Management Architecture (IMA) service (ImaSrv.exe) with invalid size values that trigger the overflow during decryption.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

5.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

92%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.03 pp

From 5.23% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Citrix2 products

1 vendor · 2 products

References

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