What is CVE-2006-6054?

CVE-2006-6054 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10. CVE-2006-6054 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6054?

CVE-2006-6054 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-6054?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-6054 patch availability.

Is CVE-2006-6054 actively exploited?

CVE-2006-6054 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2006-6054

Medium

The ext2 file system code in Linux kernel 2.6.x allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) via an ext2 stream with malformed data structures that triggers an error in the ext2_check_page due to a length that is smaller than the minimum.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2006-11-22

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

4.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

25 total

Projects
http://projects.info-pull.com/mokb/MOKB-12-11-2006.html

Exploit Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22837

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/23997

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24098

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/24206

Vendor Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2006-6054

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2006-11-22

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2006-6054?

CVE-2006-6054 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10 . CVE-2006-6054 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2006-6054?

CVE-2006-6054 has a CVSS score of 4.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2006-6054?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2006-6054 patch availability.
Is CVE-2006-6054 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2006-6054 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.