Description
Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.
Published: 2006-08-31
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: 1.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-4136 Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-356-1 gdb vulnerability
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T18:57:46.146Z

Reserved: 2006-08-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4146

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-31T22:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-4146

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2006-08-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-4146 - Bugzilla

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