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CVE-2006-0482

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-0482 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Linux kernel versions 2.6.15.1 and earlier, specifically on SPARC architectures. A local attacker can exploit this by using the "date -s" command, leading to a system hang due to invalid sign-extended arguments passed to the get_compat_timespec function. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and only a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:64-bit_x86:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:*:itanium_ia64_montecito:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.0:test10:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.debian.org / debian-sparc/2006/01/msg00129.html
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/19374
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/24475
debian.org / security/2006/dsa-1017
securityfocus.com / bid/17216
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/0418