CVE-2006-6609

Nexuiz before 2.2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion or crash) via unspecified vectors related to "fake players." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Published: 2006-12-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-6609 is rated Moderate Risk (46.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.71%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-6609

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 1.27% 1.71% +0.44%
2 2026-01-11 1.18% 1.27% +0.10%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.18% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-6609

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-6609

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-6609

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2006-6609: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-6609
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-6609 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (nexuiz), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-6609
gentoo normal CVE-2006-6609: 1 GLSA(s) (200702-09), 1 atom(s) (games-fps/nexuiz); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-6609

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-6609

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
alientrap nexuiz 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:alientrap:nexuiz:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alientrap nexuiz 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:alientrap:nexuiz:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alientrap nexuiz 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:alientrap:nexuiz:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alientrap nexuiz 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:alientrap:nexuiz:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
alientrap nexuiz 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:alientrap:nexuiz:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-6609

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