Buffer overflow in Linux Kernel

CVE-2006-1857

Buffer overflow in SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed HB-ACK chunk.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.069 (93.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2006-1857: held from 0.068 to 0.069.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.068 · newest: 0.069 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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