CVE-2006-4623
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 4.3%EU EUVD
The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in dvb-core/dvb_net.c in the dvb driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.17.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SNDU length of 0 in a ULE packet.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- EPSS score
- 4.3% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4611)
- Published
- September 11, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4611 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/20/278(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21820(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22441
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26139
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:182
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/448998/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19939(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-489-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3551
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-721
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9775
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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