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CVE-2005-3806
The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in…
Medium6.6EPSS 0.44%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (28)
- RHSA-2006:0140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 17917 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18684 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18977 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19369 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-1018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9903 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:044 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-4 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0190 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 18510 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 15729 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FLSA:157459-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 17918 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 19374 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-231-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0191 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 18562 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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