CVE-2006-6496: Broadcom Etrust Antivirus

Medium severity, CVSS 6.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) VetMONNT.sys and (2) VetFDDNT.sys drivers in CA Anti-Virus 2007 8.1, Anti-Virus for Vista Beta 8.2, and CA Internet Security Suite 2007 v3.0 do not properly handle NULL buffers, which allows local users with administrative access to cause a denial of service (system crash) via certain IOCTLs.

Affected products

• Broadcom Etrust Antivirus: version 8.1 only; version 8.2 only
• Broadcom Internet Security Suite: version 3.0 only

Published 2006-12-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.