CVE-2006-4997
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.9%EU EUVD
The clip_mkip function in net/atm/clip.c of the ATM subsystem in Linux kernel allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via unknown vectors that cause the ATM subsystem to access the memory of socket buffers after they are freed (freed pointer dereference).
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-416
- EPSS score
- 4.9% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4983)
- Published
- October 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4983 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- linux / linux kernel
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
- redhat / enterprise linux
Certified products that may be affected
5 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 4 Update 4 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0035-2006 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 Update 2 AS & Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 4 Update 2 WS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0020-2006 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Version 4 Update 1 AS and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Version 4 Update 1 WS - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-0009-2006 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS, Version 3 Update 2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0259-2004 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS, Version 3 Update 2 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0257-2004 - archived
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=206265(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22253(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22279(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22292(Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22497(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22762(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22945(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23064(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23370(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23384(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23395(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23474(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23752(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23788(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24288(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25691(Broken Link)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017526(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-254.htm(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-078.htm(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fe26109a9dfd9327fdbe630fc819e1b7450986b2(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:197(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:012(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:025(Broken Link)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html(Broken Link, Patch)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0710.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0012.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0013.html(Broken Link)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/471457(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20363(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-395-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1233(Broken Link)
- http://www.us.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3937(Broken Link)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3999(Broken Link)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29387(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10388(Broken Link)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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