CVE-2006-2971

overkill 0.16 - Denial of Service via UDP Packet Integer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-2971. PoCs published by Federico Fazzi.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit triggers a remote integer overflow in 0verkill 0.16 by sending a malformed UDP packet, causing a segmentation fault due to an out-of-bounds memory access in the CRC32 function.

Description

Integer overflow in the recv_packet function in 0verkill 0.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a UDP packet with fewer than 12 bytes, which results in a long length value to the crc32 function.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Federico Fazzi · pythondoslinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1894

This exploit triggers a remote integer overflow in 0verkill 0.16 by sending a malformed UDP packet, causing a segmentation fault due to an out-of-bounds memory access in the CRC32 function.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: 0verkill 0.16
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server · UDP port open on the target
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18353
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/26029
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1090
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/436659/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2245
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27028
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20551

Scores

EPSS 0.0446
EPSS Percentile 90.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
overkill/overkill 0.16
Published Jun 12, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026