CVE-2006-2362 EXPLOIT
7.3
HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 14.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.3 (HIGH, v3.1) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| EPSS | 14.49% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-787 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-15 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| gnu | binutils |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | GNU BinUtils 2.1x - Buffer Overflow | 2006-05-11 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20550
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27441
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20188
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20531
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20550
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