What is CVE-2006-5331?

CVE-2006-5331 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2006-5331?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2006-5331

The altivec_unavailable_exception function in arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 on 64-bit systems mishandles the case where CONFIG_ALTIVEC is defined and the CPU actually supports Altivec, but the Altivec support was not detected by the kernel, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by triggering execution of an Altivec instruction.

EPSS: 0.004 (35.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux Linux_kernel
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-5331?: CVE-2006-5331 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2017-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2006-5331?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.