CVE-2006-5876 libsoup Server code crashes upon receiving malformed GET HTTP header
Published Jan 16, 2007
7.8
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.69%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. The vulnerable code is not used by any application likned with libsoup shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, and 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.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.69% (0.02685) | 85.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.60% (0.02602) | 83.29th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Feb 9, 2026 | 7.49% (0.07492) | 91.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 5.66% (0.05658) | 89.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 14.89% (0.14895) | 96.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 13, 2024 | 14.89% (0.14895) | 95.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 28, 2023 | 12.34% (0.12336) | 94.88th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 20, 2023 | 13.09% (0.13086) | 94.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 13, 2023 | 10.94% (0.10943) | 94.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 5, 2023 | 11.49% (0.11489) | 94.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 20, 2023 | 11.13% (0.11133) | 94.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 11.40% (0.11400) | 94.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (20)
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2509 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsoup/2.2/libsoup-2.2.99.news x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://osvdb.org/31667 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23734 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23770 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23871 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23873 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23961 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23976 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1248 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:029 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22034 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-411-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0173 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5876 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=223144 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31519 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-965 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5876
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5876
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