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CVE-2006-5701

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CVE-2006-5701 describes a double free vulnerability within the squashfs module of the Linux kernel 2.6.x, impacting distributions like Fedora Core 5. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service by mounting a specially crafted squashfs filesystem. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.9, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with the primary impact being system availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog and showing no active exploitation or significant community discussion, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-28895) confirms the existence of public exploit code for this denial of service.

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
0.85%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
54.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28895 · Nov 2, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0085 is in the 87th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-5701

CVE-2006-5701

References

projects.info-pull.com / mokb/MOKB-02-11-2006.html
Exploit
secunia.com / advisories/22655
ExploitVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23361
secunia.com / advisories/23384
secunia.com / advisories/24259
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29967
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/20870
Exploit
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-395-1