{"id":"CVE-2006-7051","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2006-7051","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:53:31.202Z","title":"The sys_timer_create function in posix-timers.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly bypass memory limits or cause other processes to be killed by creating a large number of posix…","description":"The sys_timer_create function in posix-timers.c for Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly bypass memory limits or cause other processes to be killed by creating a large number of posix timers, which are allocated in kernel memory but are not treated as part of the process' memory.","published":"2007-02-24T00:28:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:34:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00929,"percentile":0.60326,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2006-04-09","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":1657,"kind":"exploit","title":"Linux Kernel 2.6.x - 'sys_timer_create()' Local Denial of Service","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1657","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/1657.asm","file":"exploits/linux/dos/1657.asm","published":"2006-04-09","added":"2006-04-08","updated":"2016-09-04","author":"fingerout","type":"dos","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["OSVDB-40963","CVE-2006-7051"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":"http://www.exploit-db.comlinux-2.6.1.tar.gz","screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 0.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2287","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430278/30/5790/threaded","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25712","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1657","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2287","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/430278/30/5790/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25712","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1657","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-7051","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}