What is CVE-2006-1527?

CVE-2006-1527 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10. CVE-2006-1527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-1527?

CVE-2006-1527 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-1527?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-1527 patch availability.

Is CVE-2006-1527 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-1527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2006-1527

Medium

The SCTP-netfilter code in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.13 allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (infinite loop) via unknown vectors that cause an invalid SCTP chunk size to be processed by the for_each_sctp_chunk function.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2006-05-03

Last modified 2026-04-16

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

18 total

Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/19926
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20157
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20237
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20398
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/20716

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2006-1527

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2006-05-03

Modified 2026-04-16

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-1527?

CVE-2006-1527 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10 . CVE-2006-1527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-1527?

CVE-2006-1527 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-1527?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-1527 patch availability.
Is CVE-2006-1527 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2006-1527 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.