Is CVE-2006-5171 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-5171 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-5171?

CVE-2006-5171 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-5171?

CVE-2006-5171 has an EPSS score of 16.43% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-5171

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the RPC interface in Mediasvr.exe in Computer Associates (CA) Brightstor ARCserve Backup 9.01 through 11.5, Enterprise Backup 10.5, and CA Protection Suites r2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted SUNRPC packets, aka the "Mediasvr.exe Overflow," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5172.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

16.43%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.