Is CVE-2006-1618 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-1618 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-1618?

CVE-2006-1618 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-1618?

CVE-2006-1618 has an EPSS score of 13.19% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-1618

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Format string vulnerability in the (1) Con_message and (2) conPrintf functions in con_main.c in Doomsday engine 1.8.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in an argument to the JOIN command, and possibly other command arguments.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

13.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/doomsdayfs-adv.txt
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-April/044865.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19515
http://secunia.com/advisories/19519
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015860
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-05.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429857/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17369
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1221
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25622

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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.