Is CVE-2006-6653 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6653 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6653?

CVE-2006-6653 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 1.7 (LOW).

CVE-2006-6653

LOW · CVSS 1.7EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

The accept function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029 allows local users to cause a denial of service (socket consumption) via an invalid (1) name or (2) namelen parameter, which may result in the socket never being closed (aka "a dangling socket").

Key facts

CVSS score: 1.7 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 0.3% (17th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6636)
Published: December 20, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6636 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

netbsd / netbsd
netbsd / netbsd
netbsd / netbsd
netbsd / netbsd

References

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-026.txt.asc(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017293(Patch)

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

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