What is CVE-2006-5701?

CVE-2006-5701 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10. CVE-2006-5701 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-5701?

CVE-2006-5701 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-5701?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-5701 patch availability.

Is CVE-2006-5701 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-5701 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2006-5701

Medium

Double free vulnerability in squashfs module in the Linux kernel 2.6.x, as used in Fedora Core 5 and possibly other distributions, allows local users to cause a denial of service by mounting a crafted squashfs filesystem.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2006-11-03

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.9

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

References

9 total

Projects
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-02-11-2006.html

Exploit
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22655

Exploit Vendor Advisory
Securityfocus
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20870

Exploit
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23361
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23384

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2006-5701

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.9 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2006-11-03

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-5701?

CVE-2006-5701 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10 . CVE-2006-5701 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-5701?

CVE-2006-5701 has a CVSS score of 4.9 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-5701?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-5701 patch availability.
Is CVE-2006-5701 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2006-5701 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.