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CVE-2006-5757

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5757 describes a race condition in the ISO9660 filesystem's __find_get_block_slow function within the Linux kernel, specifically version 2.6.18 and potentially others. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop) by mounting a specially crafted ISO9660 filesystem containing malformed data structures. The severity is low, with an attack vector requiring local access and high attack complexity, resulting in only a partial denial of service. While there is an ExploitDB entry for a denial-of-service exploit, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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

1.2LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
51.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-28912 · Nov 5, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0076 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 747 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-5757Low

security flaw

Nov 5, 2006

References

projects.info-pull.com / mokb/MOKB-05-11-2006.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
secunia.com / advisories/22702
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22746
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23474
secunia.com / advisories/23593
secunia.com / advisories/23752
secunia.com / advisories/23997
secunia.com / advisories/24098
secunia.com / advisories/24206
secunia.com / advisories/25691
secunia.com / advisories/25714
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30029
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10111
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1304
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/471457
securityfocus.com / bid/20920
Exploit
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-416-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4359