High severity · published May 15, 2006
CVE-2006-2362
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…
7.3
CVSS
14.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)14.5% · higher than 97% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Binutils · Gnu
before 2.17 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2362
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2362
Mailing List
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20188
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20531
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20550
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27441
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