Nessus before 2.2.8, and 3.x before 3.0.3, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a NASL script that calls split with an invalid sep parameter
Published Apr 29, 2006
2.6
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.61%
Description
Nessus before 2.2.8, and 3.x before 3.0.3, allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a NASL script that calls split with an invalid sep parameter. NOTE: a design goal of the NASL language is to facilitate sharing of security tests by guaranteeing that a script "can not do anything nasty." This issue is appropriate for CVE only if Nessus users have an expectation that a split statement will not use excessive memory.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.2.7
- ≤ 3.0.2
- 2.2.0
- 2.2.0_rc1
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.2.5
- 2.2.6
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:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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 | 3.61% (0.03609) | 89.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.61% (0.03609) | 87.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.11% (0.01109) | 76.63th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 3.99% (0.03991) | 91.95th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 9, 2023 | 5.27% (0.05269) | 92.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 22, 2023 | 4.32% (0.04324) | 91.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 10, 2023 | 3.10% (0.03098) | 89.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.75% (0.02752) | 88.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.92% (0.02920) | 83.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.92% (0.02920) | 81.55th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.92% (0.02920) | 64.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/817 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015996 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.osvdb.org/25084 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431987/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431993/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431994/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1541 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26034 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/279-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/817 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1015996 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/25084 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431987/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431993/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/431994/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1541 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26034 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/279-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
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