MEDIUM
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
Published Nov 3, 2006
4.9
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.86%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.0
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.4
- 2.6.5
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.6
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.7
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.8
- 2.6.9
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.10
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11
- 2.6.11.4
- 2.6.11.5
- 2.6.11.6
- 2.6.11.7
- 2.6.11.8
- 2.6.11.11
- 2.6.11.12
- 2.6.12
- 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
- 2.6.14.4
- 2.6.14.5
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15
- 2.6.15.1
- 2.6.15.2
- 2.6.15.3
- 2.6.15.4
- 2.6.15.5
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16
- 2.6.16.1
- 2.6.16.7
- 2.6.16.9
- 2.6.16.11
- 2.6.16.12
- 2.6.16.13
- 2.6.16.19
- 2.6.16.23
- 2.6.16.27
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17
- 2.6.17.1
- 2.6.17.3
- 2.6.17.5
- 2.6.17.6
- 2.6.17.7
- 2.6.17.8
- 2.6.17.10
- 2.6.17.11
- 2.6.17.12
- 2.6.17.13
- 2.6.17.14
- 2.6.18
- 2.6.18.1
- 2.6.19
- 2.6_test9_cvs
- core_5.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not Vulnerable. The squashfs module is not distributed as part of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
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.
4.9 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.86% 0.00859
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00859
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.86% (0.00859) | 56.95th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.85% (0.00852) | 53.30th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.22% (0.00224) | 43.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 84.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 82.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.22% (0.03220) | 65.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (12)
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-02-11-2006.html x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22655 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23361 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24259 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20870 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5701 Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29967 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5701
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5701
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-02-11-2006.html | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22655 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23361 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23384 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24259 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:047 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20870 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5701 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29967 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5701 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5701 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 3, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 3, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5701
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a