CVE-2006-4623

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-09-11 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Unidirectional Lightweight Encapsulation (ULE) decapsulation component in dvb-core/dvb_net.c in the dvb driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.17.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an SNDU length of 0 in a ULE packet.

Affected products

Linux kernel: 2.6.17.8

References

http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/8/20/278
http://secunia.com/advisories/21820
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292
http://secunia.com/advisories/22382
http://secunia.com/advisories/22441
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945
http://secunia.com/advisories/23474
http://secunia.com/advisories/25691
http://secunia.com/advisories/25714
http://secunia.com/advisories/26139
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1304

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