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CVE-2006-1525

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1525 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.16.8. A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic by requesting a route for a multicast IP address, leading to a null dereference within the ip_route_input function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and local access requirement, with the primary impact being system availability. There is no known exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not actively exploited or widely known.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-34.0.1.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-1525Important

security flaw

Apr 14, 2006

References

kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.16.8
lwn.net / Alerts/180820
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/19709
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19735
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/19955
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20157
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20237
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20398
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20671
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20914
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21476
secunia.com / advisories/21745
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25872
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10146
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
usn.ubuntu.com / 281-1
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1097
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1103
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006-05-31.html
osvdb.org / 24715
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
securityfocus.com / bid/17593
Patch
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1399
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1475
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/2554
Vendor Advisory