CVE-2006-3635 (GCVE-0-2006-3635)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-07 03:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 18:39
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Summary
The ia64 subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.26 allows local users to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and system crash) via a crafted application that leverages the mishandling of invalid Register Stack Engine (RSE) state.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2017-08-06 00:00
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