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CVE-2006-6054

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-6054 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the ext2 file system code of the Linux kernel 2.6.x. Local users can crash the system by providing a malformed ext2 stream with data structures that have an invalidly small length, triggering an error in the ext2_check_page function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.0, indicating a low-severity issue requiring local access and high attack complexity to achieve a complete system availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion beyond a single mention, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

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

4.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.46%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
37.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0046 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.9-e.72
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.18-e.65
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-50.EL
View patch
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-2006-6054Low

security flaw

Nov 12, 2006

References

projects.info-pull.com / mokb/MOKB-12-11-2006.html
ExploitVendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0014.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2007-0436.html
secunia.com / advisories/22837
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/23474
secunia.com / advisories/23997
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24098
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/24206
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/25630
secunia.com / advisories/25691
secunia.com / advisories/26379
secunia.com / advisories/27528
secunia.com / advisories/29058
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/30201
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10006
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-063.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-404.htm
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1503
debian.org / security/2008/dsa-1504
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2006_79_kernel.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0672.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0673.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/471457
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-416-1
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/4487