CVE-2006-1862 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the virtual memory implementation of Linux kernel 2.6.x. A local attacker can trigger a system panic by repeatedly executing 'lsof' under heavy system load. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the sole impact being system availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.9:2.6.20:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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