Is CVE-2006-1539 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-1539 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-1539?

CVE-2006-1539 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-1539?

CVE-2006-1539 has an EPSS score of 2.04% (79th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1539?

Upgrade bsdgames on debian 11 to 2.17-6 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-1539

HIGHEPSS 79th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the checkscores function in scores.c in tetris-bsd in bsd-games before 2.17-r1 in Gentoo Linux might allow local users with games group membership to gain privileges by modifying tetris-bsd.scores to contain crafted executable content, which is executed when another user launches tetris-bsd.

How to fix

Remediation Available

bsdgamesDebian

Fixed in:2.17-6CVE-2006-1539

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

2.04%probability of exploitation in 30 days

79thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 79% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

Other references3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.