CVE-2006-4172
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Integer overflow vulnerability in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD 5.5, and possibly earlier versions down to 5.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4178.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.4% (35th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4162)
- Published
- September 26, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4162 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
- freebsd / freebsd
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0376.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22064
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016926
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016928
- http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=414
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446945/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29132
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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