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CVE-2006-6060
The NTFS filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service…
- 4.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 59% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The NTFS filesystem code in Linux kernel 2.6.x up to 2.6.18, and possibly other versions, allows local users to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a malformed NTFS file stream that triggers an infinite loop in the __find_get_block_slow function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.9 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 59% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-19-11-2006.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2006:079 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- kernel-ntfs-dos(30418) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 23474 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070615 rPSA-2007-0124-1 kernel xen (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1304 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 25714 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25691 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-6043 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-6060)Record last updated .