Is CVE-2006-4093 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-4093 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-4093?

CVE-2006-4093 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2006-4093

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

Linux kernel 2.x.6 before 2.6.17.9 and 2.4.x before 2.4.33.1 on PowerPC PPC970 systems allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) related to the "HID0 attention enable on PPC970 at boot time."

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
EPSS score: 0.5% (41th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-4085)
Published: August 21, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4085 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel

References

http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.4/ChangeLog-2.4.33.1(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.17.9(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21563(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21695(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21847(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/21934(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22093(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22148(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22292(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22945(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-249.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1184(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1237(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_21_sr.html(Broken Link)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_22_sr.html(Broken Link)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_57_kernel.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0689.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19615(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-346-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3330(Permissions Required)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3331(Permissions Required)
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-611(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10666(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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