{
    "id": "CVE-2006-2362",
    "published": "2006-05-15 16:06:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:24:51",
    "cvss_score": "7.3",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L",
    "cwe": "CWE-787",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.14494",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96537",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:06",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "binutils"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "27856",
            "title": "GNU BinUtils 2.1x - Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2006-05-11",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27856"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}