CVE-2006-6898

HIGH 7.8CVE-2006-6898 · Published 31/12/2006 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2006-6898 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting widcomm bluetooth (broadcom).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.9%, higher than 90.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
widcomm bluetooth broadcom	`= 4.0.1.1500`	No fix yet

Widcomm Bluetooth for Windows (BTW) before 4.0.1.1500 allows remote attackers to listen to and record conversations, aka the CarWhisperer attack.

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