CVE-2006-5876
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD
The soup_headers_parse function in soup-headers.c for libsoup HTTP library before 2.2.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed HTTP headers, probably involving missing fields or values.
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
- 2.8% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5860)
- Published
- January 16, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5860 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libsoup / libsoup
References
- http://fedoranews.org/cms/node/2509
- http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libsoup/2.2/libsoup-2.2.99.news
- http://osvdb.org/31667
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23734
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23770
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23871
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23873
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23961
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23976
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1248
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:029
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22034
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-411-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0173
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31519
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-965
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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