CVE-2006-3127

Memory leak in Network Security Services (NSS) 3.11, as used in Sun Java Enterprise System 2003Q4 through 2005Q1 and Java System Directory Server 5.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by performing a large number of RSA cryptographic operations.

Published: 2006-06-21 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-3127 is rated Moderate Risk (60.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-3127

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-15 1.68% 2.05% +0.37%
2 2025-03-30 1.04% 1.68% +0.64%
3 2025-03-29 1.04%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-3127

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-3127

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-3127

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun java_enterprise_system 2003q4 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_enterprise_system:2003q4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_enterprise_system 2004q2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_enterprise_system:2004q2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_enterprise_system 2005q1 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_enterprise_system:2005q1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun java_system_directory_server 5.2 cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_system_directory_server:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-3127

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