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CVE-2006-1528

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-1528 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel versions prior to 2.6.13. This flaw allows a local attacker to crash the system by performing a direct I/O (dio) transfer from the sg driver to memory-mapped I/O space. With a CVSS score of 4.9, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring local access with low attack complexity to achieve a complete system availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test11:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
36.1%
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-2006-1528Important

security flaw

Aug 30, 2005

References

kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.1
linux.bkbits.net / linux-2.6/cset%4043220081yu9ClBQNuqSSnW_9amW7iQ
marc.info
bugzilla.redhat.com / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/20237
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/20716
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21045
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21179
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21498
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21555
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21745
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22082
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22093
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/28510
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11037
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-161.htm
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1183
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1184
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_42_kernel.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_47_kernel.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2006-0493.html
securityfocus.com / bid/18101
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-302-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3330