CVE-2006-5757
Race condition in the __find_get_block_slow function in the ISO9660 filesystem in Linux 2.6.18 and possibly other versions allows local…
- 1.2LowCVSS base score
- 0.80%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 43% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'ISO9660' Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 28912dos, linuxpublished 5 Nov 2006Verified
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Timeline
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By mitre
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.80% · top 43% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References23
- 24098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 20920 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- kernel-iso9660-dos(30029) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4359 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 23593 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-416-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10111 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 23752 (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
- 22746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23997 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- MDKSA-2007:002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_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
- 25691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22702 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-05-11-2006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-5741 (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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