Is CVE-2006-5855 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-5855 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-5855?

CVE-2006-5855 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-5855?

CVE-2006-5855 has an EPSS score of 26.33% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-5855

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) before 5.2.9 and 5.3.x before 5.3.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in (1) the language field at logon that begins with a 0x18 byte, (2) two unspecified parameters to the SmExecuteWdsfSession function, and (3) the contact field in an open registration message.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

26.33%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% 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.