CVE-2006-5823 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2006-5823?

CVE-2006-5823 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Nov 2006. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The zlib_inflate function in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed filesystem that uses zlib compression that triggers memory corruption, as demonstrated using cramfs.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5823?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2006-5823?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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

Is CVE-2006-5823 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5823 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-7269-8xw9-75w7.