Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-1857

Buffer overflow in SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed HB-ACK chunk.
Published 2006-05-22 16:06:00
Updated 2017-10-11 01:30:51
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute codeDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-1857

Threat overview for CVE-2006-1857

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2006-1857
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49153
IPs affected by CVE-2006-1857 11,863
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1857

EPSS FAQ
10.53%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 94 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-1857

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
9.0
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
10.0
8.5
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2006-1857

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2006-1857

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