CVE-2006-4146
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2006-08-31 22:00Z20 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 18:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ef0477ae16563f16df70dd5336e283667bcd6f263421dd537db34b9cbeba6d9f
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.grok.org.uk20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Playerhttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-4283http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283
- secunia.com25098http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200711-23http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
- secunia.com25894http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0469http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-3229http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2006-10-31http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html
- www.osvdb.org28318http://www.osvdb.org/28318
- securitytracker.com1017138http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10463https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0229http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html
- secunia.com22662http://secunia.com/advisories/22662
- secunia.com25632http://secunia.com/advisories/25632
- secunia.com25934http://secunia.com/advisories/25934
- docs.info.apple.comhttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669
- www.vupen.comADV-2006-3433http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3433
- secunia.com26909http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
- secunia.com27706http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
- secunia.com21713http://secunia.com/advisories/21713
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841
- secunia.com22205http://secunia.com/advisories/22205
- www.securityfocus.com19802http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802
- patches.sgi.com20070602-01-Pftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-356-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-356-1
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- gdb Fixed in 7.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- gdb Fixed in 7.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- gdb Fixed in 7.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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