CVE-2006-4775

The VLAN Trunking Protocol (VTP) feature in Cisco IOS 12.1(19) and CatOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a VTP update with a revision value of 0x7FFFFFFF, which is incremented to 0x80000000 and is interpreted as a negative number in a signed context.

Published: 2006-09-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-4775 is rated Moderate Risk (61.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.75%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-4775

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 6.35% 4.75% -1.59%
2 2025-10-08 5.14% 6.35% +1.20%
3 2025-05-03 5.14%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-4775

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-4775

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-4775

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cisco ios 12.1\(19\) cpe:2.3:o:cisco:ios:12.1\(19\):*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cisco catos cpe:2.3:o:cisco:catos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-4775

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