Is CVE-2006-6655 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6655 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6655?

CVE-2006-6655 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 1.7 (LOW).

CVE-2006-6655

LOW · CVSS 1.7EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

The procfs implementation 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 (kernel panic) by attempting to access /emul/linux/proc/0/stat on a procfs filesystem that was mounted with mount_procfs -o linux, which results in a NULL pointer dereference.

Key facts

CVSS score: 1.7 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 0.3% (23th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6638)
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-2006-6638 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 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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