CVE-2006-1857: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in SCTP in Linux kernel before 2.6.16.17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed HB-ACK chunk.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: version 2.6.0 only; version 2.6.1 only; version 2.6.2 only; version 2.6.3 only; version 2.6.4 only; version 2.6.5 only; …

Published 2006-05-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.