THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-6908
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2006-6908

Widcomm Bluetooth vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
30.2%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the Bluetooth Stack COM Server in the Widcomm Bluetooth stack, as packaged as Widcomm Stack 3.x and earlier on Windows, Widcomm BTStackServer 1.4.2.10 and 1.3.2.7 on Windows, Widcomm Bluetooth Communication Software 1.4.1.03 on Windows, and the Bluetooth implementation in Windows Mobile or Windows CE on the HP IPAQ 2215 and 5450, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Affected vendor
Broadcom
Affected product
Widcomm Bluetooth
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2006-12-31

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 30.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-6908

  • Confirm whether Broadcom Widcomm Bluetooth is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-6908.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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