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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2006-5876 json

The soup_headers_parse function in soup-headers.c for libsoup HTTP library before 2.2.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi…

published 2007-01-16 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5860

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The soup_headers_parse function in soup-headers.c for libsoup HTTP library before 2.2.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed HTTP headers, probably involving missing fields or values.

Patch / fix

  • libsoup Debian 14 2.2.98-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-5876

  • libsoup openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.72.0-2.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10994-1

Exploit prediction

2.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

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