CVE-2006-0666

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2006-02-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the (1) unix_mp and (2) unix_64 kernels in IBM AIX 5.3 VRMF 5.3.0.30 through 5.3.0.33 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via unknown vectors related to EMULATE_VMX.

Affected products

IBM AIX: 5.3, 5.3_l

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/18795
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY79595&apar=only
http://www.osvdb.org/23127
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16624
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0573
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24711
http://secunia.com/advisories/18795
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/search.wss?rs=0&q=IY79595&apar=only
http://www.osvdb.org/23127
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16624
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0573
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24711

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