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CVE-2006-4516

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-4516 is an integer signedness error in FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE that allows local users to trigger a denial of service through memory corruption and kernel panic. This vulnerability is exploited via a PT_LWPINFO ptrace command with a large negative data value. The attack vector is local, has low complexity, and its primary impact is system availability. While not actively exploited in the wild, public exploit code exists (EDB-2524), though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:6.0:release:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.79%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
52.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2524 · Oct 12, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0079 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/22367
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29476
securityfocus.com / bid/20440