Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-4997

Potential exploit
The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed (freed pointer dereference).
Published 2006-10-10 04:06:00
Updated 2025-04-09 00:30:58
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-4997

Threat overview for CVE-2006-4997

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2006-4997
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49153
IPs affected by CVE-2006-4997 11,997
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4997

EPSS FAQ
30.00%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 96 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-4997

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.1
 HIGH AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
8.6
6.9
 NIST
7.5
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
 NIST 2024-02-10

CWE ids for CVE-2006-4997

  • The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory "belongs" to the code that operates on the new pointer.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2006-4997

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