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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 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.

    Published:May 15, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:May 15, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.05512
    CVSS Score:7.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Binutils

    Exploits

    http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/27856

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    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
    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High