Is CVE-2006-6684 being actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6684 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6684?

CVE-2006-6684 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2006-6684

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.0%EU EUVD

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd before 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long X-Forwarded-For HTTP header. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 3.0% (87th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2006-6667)
Published: December 21, 2006
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6667 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

pedro lineu orso / chetcpasswd
pedro lineu orso / chetcpasswd

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=394454(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/22967(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.osvdb.org/30546(Vendor Advisory)

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

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