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Vulnerability details: VCID-x9cp-2dwn-u7f1
Vulnerability ID VCID-x9cp-2dwn-u7f1
Aliases CVE-2006-5740
Summary security flaw
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.5
Risk 2.2
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
epss 0.02582 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
cvssv2 5.0 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5740
Reference id Reference type URL
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2006-5740.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2006-5740
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5740
http://secunia.com/advisories/22590
http://secunia.com/advisories/22672
http://secunia.com/advisories/22692
http://secunia.com/advisories/22797
http://secunia.com/advisories/22841
http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
http://secunia.com/advisories/23096
http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2006/Oct/1017129.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29841
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-746
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14679
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9482
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-255.htm
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:195
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_65_ethereal.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0726.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450307/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20762
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4220
http://www.wireshark.org/security/wnpa-sec-2006-03.html
1618222 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1618222
396258 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=396258
cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:wireshark:wireshark:0.99.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2006-5740 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5740
RHSA-2006:0726 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006:0726
No exploits are available.
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5740
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 0.85497
EPSS Score 0.02582
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T15:00:13.315243+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2006-5740.json 38.0.0