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CVE-2006-5823

CVE-2006-5823 PUBLISHED CVSS 4 MEDIUM

The zlib_inflate function in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed filesystem that uses zlib compression that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using cramfs.

EPSS 0.10% · 27.5th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
4
EPSS Score
0.10%
27.5th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a*
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.0, 2.6.0, 2.6.0

Timeline

  • Nov 9, 2006 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
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