CVE-2006-1857 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-1857?

CVE-2006-1857 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed HB-ACK chunk.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-1857?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-1857?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2006-1857 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-1857 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-96q8-85wv-4x4w.