Description
Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.
Published: 2006-09-09
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-4643 Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:23:40.015Z

Reserved: 2006-09-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4655

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-09-09T00:04:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-4655

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