Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

12 Linux Kernel CVEs in May 2006

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In May 2006, 12 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 4 were rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. May's 12 CVEs represent 14% of all 2006 Linux kernel CVEs , up from April's 9 (a 33% month-over-month increase) .

12
Total CVEs
0
Critical
4
High
5
Medium
3
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — May 2006 12 CVEs
All (12) Critical (0) High (4) Medium (5) Low (3)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2006-1857 linux High 9.0 2006-05-22 Buffer overflow in SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) a…
CVE-2006-2444 linux High 7.8 2006-05-25 The snmp_trap_decode function in the SNMP NAT helper for Linux kernel before 2.6.16.18 allows remote attackers to cause…
CVE-2006-1858 linux High 7.8 2006-05-22 SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute…
CVE-2006-1856 linux High 7.5 2006-05-19 Certain modifications to the Linux kernel 2.6.16 and earlier do not add the appropriate Linux Security Modules (LSM) fi…
CVE-2006-1527 linux Medium 5.0 2006-05-03 The SCTP-netfilter code in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.13 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (infini…
CVE-2006-1862 linux Medium 4.9 2006-05-24 The virtual memory implementation in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (panic) by runn…
CVE-2006-1528 linux Medium 4.9 2006-05-18 Linux kernel before 2.6.13 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via a dio transfer from the sg drive…
CVE-2006-0039 linux Medium 4.7 2006-05-19 Race condition in the do_add_counters function in netfilter for Linux kernel 2.6.16 allows local users with CAP_NET_ADM…
CVE-2006-2629 linux Medium 4.0 2006-05-27 Race condition in Linux kernel 2.6.15 to 2.6.17, when running on SMP platforms, allows local users to cause a denial of…
CVE-2006-1855 linux Low 2.1 2006-05-18 choose_new_parent in Linux kernel before 2.6.11.12 includes certain debugging code, which allows local users to cause a…
CVE-2006-1860 linux Low 2.1 2006-05-12 lease_init in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (fcntl_setlease…
CVE-2006-1859 linux Low 2.1 2006-05-12 Memory leak in __setlease in fs/locks.c in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.16 allows attackers to cause a denial of service …

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2006?

12 Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2006, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 4 High, and 5 Medium.

How does May 2006 compare to other months?

May 2006's 12 CVEs represent 14% of all 2006 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to April's 9 CVEs, this was a 33% increase month-over-month. View the full 2006 breakdown →

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