Vulnerability in FreeBSD
CVE-2006-4178
Integer signedness error in the i386_set_ldt call in FreeBSD 5.5, and possibly earlier versions down to 5.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via unspecified arguments that use negative signed integers to cause the bzero function to be called with a large length parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4172.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 54th percentile — 54.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- FreeBSD — versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.3
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22064 (third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158 (vdb-entry)
- www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446946/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2006-4178?
- CVE-2006-4178 is a vulnerability in FreeBSD. Published 2006-09-26.
- Is CVE-2006-4178 known to be exploited?
- 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.