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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 14.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2006-05-15 16:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-01-16 20:05Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-05-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 5662a6b6d2a4388fa69a4f483d0eeb77797b168b211425daf8caaab8f4805a13
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com20188http://secunia.com/advisories/20188
- secunia.com20550http://secunia.com/advisories/20550
- secunia.com22932http://secunia.com/advisories/22932
- secunia.com27441http://secunia.com/advisories/27441
- www.trustix.org2006-0034http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/
- www.securityfocus.com17950http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950
- www.mail-archive.com[bug-binutils] 20060418 [Bug binutils/2584] New: SIGSEGV in strings tool when the file is crafted.http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3665http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2006:026http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-1924http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924
- www.securitytracker.com1018872http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872
- secunia.com20531http://secunia.com/advisories/20531
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-292-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2007-10-30http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.combinutils-libbfd-bo(26644)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644
- sourceware.orghttp://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- binutils Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- binutils Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- binutils Fixed in 2.17-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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