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medium 4.9

CVE-2006-5701 json

Double free vulnerability in squashfs module in the Linux kernel 2.6.x, as used in Fedora Core 5 and possibly other distributions, allows l…

published 2006-11-03 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-5686

cvss
4.9
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Double free vulnerability in squashfs module in the Linux kernel 2.6.x, as used in Fedora Core 5 and possibly other distributions, allows local users to cause a denial of service by mounting a crafted squashfs filesystem.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-28895)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-28895 Linux Kernel 2.6.x - SquashFS Double-Free Denial of Service dos, 2006-11-02
  • projects.info-pull.com http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-02-11-2006.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20870 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/22655 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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