Buffer overflow in the CA-driver (dst_ca.c) for TwinHan DST Frontend/Card in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by "reading more than 8 bytes into an 8 byte long array"
Published Jan 10, 2006
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.47%
Description
Buffer overflow in the CA-driver (dst_ca.c) for TwinHan DST Frontend/Card in Linux kernel 2.6.12 and other versions before 2.6.15 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by "reading more than 8 bytes into an 8 byte long array".
Affected products
No data.
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12
- 2.6.12.1
- 2.6.12.2
- 2.6.12.3
- 2.6.12.4
- 2.6.12.5
- 2.6.12.6
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13
- 2.6.13.1
- 2.6.13.2
- 2.6.13.3
- 2.6.13.4
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14
- 2.6.14.1
- 2.6.14.2
- 2.6.14.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.47% (0.00469) | 38.27th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00458) | 36.08th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.13% (0.00125) | 29.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 27.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 11, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 25.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 5, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00060) | 23.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.26th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 77.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 75.19th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.87% (0.01872) | 54.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18216 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18527 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16142 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0035 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43323 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18216 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/18527 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.15 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:040 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16142 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0035 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43323 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/244-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
Change history (0)
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