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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-1409 · published 28 March 2006

CVE-2006-1409: Vavoom vulnerability

Vavoom · Vavoom

Buffer overflow in Vavoom 1.19.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid comprLength value in a compressed packet.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 1.9% · top 21.3%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
1.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in Vavoom 1.19.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via an invalid comprLength value in a compressed packet.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vaboom-adv.txt Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19388 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17261 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1104
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25455
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/vaboom-adv.txt Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19388 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17261 Exploit
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1104
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25455

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-1409), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.