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CVE-2006-4538
Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a…
Medium4.9EPSS 0.42%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
Linux kernel 2.6.17 and earlier, when running on IA64 or SPARC platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed ELF file that triggers memory maps that cross region boundaries.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (25)
- SUSE-SA:2006:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10301 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:1049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 27913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 33280 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21967 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-347-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3670 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- DSA-1233 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 23370 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21999 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.17.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8833ebaa3f4325820fe3338ccf6fae04f6669254 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 23997 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 24482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/9/4/116 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 19702 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0787 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 23395 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:060 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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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