CVE-2006-5856: Adobe Download Manager

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 14.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the Adobe Download Manager before 2.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long section name in the dm.ini file, which is populated via an AOM file.

Affected products

• Adobe Download Manager: up to and including 2.1

Published 2006-12-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.