CVE-2006-5073

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Solaris 8, 9 and 10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via crafted IPv6 packets, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5013.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Base score: 7.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 3.60%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 89
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

SUN — Solaris SUN — Sunos

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

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