Is CVE-2006-6654 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6654 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6654?

CVE-2006-6654 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2006-6654

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 0.9%EU EUVD

The sendmsg function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029, when run on a 64-bit architecture, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an invalid msg_controllen parameter to the sendit function.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 0.9% (60th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6637)
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-2006-6637 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
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017293(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

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

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