CVE-2006-5218
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the systrace_preprepl function (STRIOCREPLACE) in systrace in OpenBSD 3.9 and NetBSD 3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash), gain privileges, or read arbitrary kernel memory via large numeric arguments to the systrace ioctl.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.4% (36th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5203)
- Published
- October 10, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5203 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- netbsd / netbsd
- openbsd / openbsd
- openbsd / openbsd
References
- http://openbsd.org/errata.html#systrace(Patch)
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-003.html(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22324(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017009(Patch)
- http://www.osvdb.org/29570
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20392(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29392
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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