CVE-2006-4250
Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.
02 Description
Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.
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
- 1.32% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 70.5% 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
- 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
- 2007-04-10 18:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 19:06Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2006-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d4758b265af1ca0caabc79ffd3b0b0de8d65300c82484b6d4e862c16f8afcb9e
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com24828http://secunia.com/advisories/24828
- www.debian.orgDSA-1278http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278
- secunia.com24801http://secunia.com/advisories/24801
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:007http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
- secunia.com24995http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
- www.securityfocus.com23355http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1295http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.commandb-hflag-bo(33508)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508
- www.vupen.comADV-2007-1294http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- man-db Fixed in 2.4.3-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- man-db Fixed in 2.4.3-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- man-db Fixed in 2.4.3-5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.