CVE-2006-2362

Published May 15, 2006

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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 (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.5
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "133521B0-6212-48E3-B114-216F626E1D23",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.17"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References