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CVE-2006-4145

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4145 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem driver within Linux kernel versions 2.6.17 and earlier. A local attacker can trigger a system hang and crash by performing specific operations on truncated files, such as using the dd command. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with a complete impact on system availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness despite its age.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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-0:2.6.9-78.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-4145Low

UDF truncating issue

Jun 16, 2006

References

lkml.org / lkml/2006/6/16/6
secunia.com / advisories/21515
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21695
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21711
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/21934
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22093
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22382
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23474
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27227
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31229
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31685
Vendor Advisory
issues.rpath.com / browse/RPL-611
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10796
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-365.htm
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1184
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_53_kernel.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0665.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/444887/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/19562
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-346-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/3308
Vendor Advisory