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 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 v3.1 CNA

7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS

14.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 97th percentile

Published

2006-05-15

Updated

2025-01-16

ExploitDB entries (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27856

Security advisories

• 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.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644
• http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry