CVE-2006-6443

Buffer overflow in the Novell Distributed Print Services (NDPS) Print Provider for Windows component (NDPPNT.DLL) in Novell Client 4.91 has unknown impact and remote attack vectors.

Published: 2006-12-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6443 is rated High Risk (69.8/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.22%). EPSS rose +1.70% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6443

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 0.53% 2.22% +1.70%
2 2025-09-20 0.71% 0.53% -0.18%
3 2025-07-29 — 0.71% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6443

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6443

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6443

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6443: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6443

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6443

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
novell client 4.91 cpe:2.3:a:novell:client:4.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6443

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