Is CVE-2006-5276 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-5276 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-5276?

CVE-2006-5276 has a CVSS score of 10 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C.

How do I patch CVE-2006-5276?

Patch guidance is available from snort security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2006-5276.

CVE-2006-5276 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2006-5276?

10 products: snort snort, snort snort, snort snort, snort snort, sourcefire intrusion sensor, and 5 more.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the DCE/RPC preprocessor in Snort before 2.6.1.3, and 2.7 before beta 2; and Sourcefire Intrusion Sensor; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SMB traffic.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: complete
Integrity: complete
Availability: complete
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-Other

Metadata

Primary Vendor: SNORT
Published: 2/20/2007
Last Modified: 4/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

snort : snortsnort : snortsnort : snortsnort : snortsourcefire : intrusion_sensorsourcefire : intrusion_sensorsourcefire : intrusion_sensorsourcefire : intrusion_sensorsourcefire : intrusion_sensorsourcefire : intrusion_sensor

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD