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.
Published: 2006-05-15
Score: 7.3 High
EPSS: 5.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-292-1 binutils vulnerability
History

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-01-16T20:05:47.171Z

Reserved: 2006-05-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2362

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.067Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-15T16:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2362

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses