7.8

CVE-2006-4520: novell edirectory

CVSS: 7.8v2.0HighModified
Published 30-04-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-4520 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in novell edirectory. EPSS estimates a 2.93% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.93%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 30-04-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

ncp in Novell eDirectory before 8.7.3 SP9, and 8.8.x before 8.8.1 FTF2, does not properly handle NCP fragments with a negative length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) when the heap is written to a log file.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.93%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.93% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
2.93%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Novell1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

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