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CVE-2006-6053

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6053 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Linux kernel versions 2.6.x, specifically within the ext3fs_dirhash function. A local attacker can exploit this by providing a malformed ext3 stream, leading to a system crash. With a CVSS score of 4.9, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring local access and resulting in a complete loss of availability. 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.52%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
41.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0052 is in the 77th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: kernel-0:2.6.9-42.0.8.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2006-6053Low

security flaw

Nov 10, 2006

References

projects.info-pull.com / mokb/MOKB-10-11-2006.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
secunia.com / advisories/22776
secunia.com / advisories/23474
secunia.com / advisories/23997
secunia.com / advisories/24098
secunia.com / advisories/24100
secunia.com / advisories/24206
secunia.com / advisories/24482
secunia.com / advisories/25691
secunia.com / advisories/25714
secunia.com / advisories/29058
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10992
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
debian.org / security/2007/dsa-1304
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1503
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/471457
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-416-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4458