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CVE-2006-6719: gnu wget

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2006-6719
Published 23-12-2006Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-6719 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnu wget. EPSS estimates a 4.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.30%
0%100%
Low · +0.16 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11510-1

Timeline

  1. 23-12-2006
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The ftp_syst function in ftp-basic.c in Free Software Foundation (FSF) GNU wget 1.10.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malicious FTP server with a large number of blank 220 responses to the SYST command.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.16 pp

From 4.14% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
4.30%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedosmultipleVerified

    wget 1.10.2 - Unchecked Boundary Condition Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • wget< 1.13-1
Gnu1 product
  • wget1.5.3 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7.1 | 1.8 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.9 | 1.9.1 | 1.10 | 1.10.1 | 1.10.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links