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CVE-2006-4623
The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in dvb-core/dvb_net.c in the dvb driver in the Linux kernel…
High7.8EPSS 4.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in dvb-core/dvb_net.c in the dvb driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.17.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SNDU length of 0 in a ULE packet.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.3% · top 8.8% 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: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (22)
- [lkml-patch] 20060821 dvb-core: Proper handling ULE SNDU length of 0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 22441 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22292 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0689 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20061017 rPSA-2006-0194-1 kernel (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9775 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 19939 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 22382 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3551 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-489-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-721 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22945 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1304 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 25714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21820 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 26139 (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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