Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-5757

Potential exploit
Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures.
Published 2006-11-06 20:07:00
Updated 2025-04-09 00:30:58
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-5757

Threat overview for CVE-2006-5757

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2006-5757
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49153
IPs affected by CVE-2006-5757 12,112
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-5757

EPSS FAQ
0.47%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 61 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-5757

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
1.2
 LOW AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
1.9
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2006-5757

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2006-5757

  • Red Hat 2007-03-14
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.

References for CVE-2006-5757

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