CVE-2006-6496

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.38% (32nd) EPSS
CVSS 6.6 · medium
Is it mine?
4 products
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Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite 2007 v3.0 do not properly handle NULL buffers, which allows local users with administrative access to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain IOCTLs.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.6
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 2.7 · impact 10
v2.05.6mediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-476USLLM-inferred
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affected products (4)

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also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

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published 2006-12-13modified 2026-06-16
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references (22)

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