CVE-2006-6017

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

2.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 83.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2006-11-21 23:00Z19 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-04-03 15:58Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2006-11-21

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6ccc744b8d91e17fe03d72fe1ca6844780f2f34375e73cabd90cab90137706a9

• www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200611-10http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200611-10.xmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• trac.wordpress.orghttp://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/2591x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugs.gentoo.orghttp://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=153303x_refsource_CONFIRM