Vulnerability Details : CVE-2006-1066

Linux kernel 2.6.16-rc2 and earlier, when running on x86_64 systems with preemption enabled, allows local users to cause a denial of service (oops) via multiple ptrace tasks that perform single steps, which can cause corruption of the DEBUG_STACK stack during the do_debug function call.
Published 2006-03-27 00:02:00
Updated 2025-04-03 01:03:51
Source MITRE
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Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2006-1066

Threat overview for CVE-2006-1066

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2006-1066
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 49153
IPs affected by CVE-2006-1066 11,863
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1066

EPSS FAQ
0.06%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 16 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2006-1066

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
1.2
 LOW AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
1.9
2.9
 NIST

References for CVE-2006-1066

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