CVE-2006-6654 — The sendmsg function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029, when run on a 64-bit architecture, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an invalid msg_controllen parameter to the sendit function

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The sendmsg function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029, when run on a 64-bit architecture, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an invalid msg_controllen parameter to the sendit function

Published Dec 20, 2006

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.89%

Description

The sendmsg function in NetBSD-current before 20061023, NetBSD 3.0 and 3.0.1 before 20061024, and NetBSD 2.x before 20061029, when run on a 64-bit architecture, allows attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via an invalid msg_controllen parameter to the sendit function.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.89% 0.00889

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00889

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (13 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.89% (0.00889)	57.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.81% (0.00814)	52.06th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.40% (0.00395)	58.26th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.10% (0.00105)	44.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 22, 2024	0.10% (0.00101)	41.42th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.10% (0.00097)	39.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.09% (0.00088)	35.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 23, 2023	0.13% (0.00125)	45.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.11% (0.00106)	41.55th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-026.txt.asc
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017293
vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2006-026.txt.asc		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_NETBSD
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017293		vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Dec 20, 2006

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Dec 19, 2006

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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