CVE-2005-3806
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
The IPv6 flow label handling code (ip6_flowlabel.c) in Linux kernels 2.4 up to 2.4.32 and 2.6 before 2.6.14 modifies the wrong variable in certain circumstances, which allows local users to corrupt kernel memory or cause a denial of service (crash) by triggering a free of non-allocated memory.
- EPSS
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 38% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
- CWE
- CWE-399
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=blobdiff%3Bh=bbbe80cdaf72a75a463aff9551e60b31e2f69061%3Bhp=f841bde30c18493a94fd5d522b84724a8eb82a4a%3Bhb=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d%3Bf=net/ipv6/ip6_flowlabel.c
- http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4ea6a8046bb49d43c950898f0cb4e1994ef6c89d
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17917
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18203