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Vulnerability details: VCID-j2ym-frqh-8ugt
Vulnerability ID VCID-j2ym-frqh-8ugt
Aliases CVE-2006-5755
Summary kernel: local denial of service due to NT bit leakage
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.4
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
epss 0.00067 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
cvssv2 4.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5755
Reference id Reference type URL
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=658fdbef66e5e9be79b457edc2cbbb3add840aa9
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2006-5755.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5755
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
http://secunia.com/advisories/26620
http://secunia.com/advisories/26994
http://secunia.com/advisories/32485
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9554
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1381
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.18
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/snapshots/patch-2.6.18-git13.log
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:171
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0957.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26060
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-416-1
457718 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=457718
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2006-5755 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5755
RHSA-2008:0957 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0957
USN-416-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/416-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5755
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.20781
EPSS Score 0.00067
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:00:14.449747+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2006-5755.json 38.0.0