CVE-2006-4172

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 2006-09-26 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow vulnerability 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) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-4178.

Affected products

FreeBSD: through 5.5; 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.3, 5.4

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0376.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22064
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016926
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016928
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=414
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/446945/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20158
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29132
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-09/0376.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/22064
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016926
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016928

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