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CVE-2006-2362

Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU

Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.

HIGH · CVSS 7.3 EPSS 0.05512

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EPSS percentile: top 10% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available
SSVC automatable: yes - attacks can be scripted at scale
CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Weakness Classification

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write

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Affected Products & Versions

1

gnu binutils< 2.17

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Public Exploits & PoCs

3

dosGNU BinUtils 2.1x - Buffer Overflowverified
pocsourceware.org · show_bug.cgi?id=2584sourceware.org
pocwww.securityfocus.com · 17950www.securityfocus.com

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Scoring & Timeline

7.3

HIGH · CVSS v3.1 · cve@mitre.org

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Attack Vector

Network Adjacent Local Physical

Attack Complexity

Low High

Privileges Required

None Low High

User Interaction

None Required

Scope

Unchanged Changed

Confidentiality

None Low High

Integrity

None Low High

Availability

None Low High

Published to NVD15 May 2006 · 04:06 PM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

SSVC triage · cisa-vulnrichment

Exploitation

none

Automatable

yes

Technical impact

partial

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Vendor Advisories

1

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References & Sources

14

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.htmlMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20188Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20531Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/20550Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/22932Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27441Third Party Advisory

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http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.htmlIssue TrackingMailing List

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/Broken Link

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924Permissions Required

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665Permissions Required

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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