CVE-2006-5556

Published Oct 27, 2006

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
Buffer overflow in the localtime_r function, and certain other functions, in libc in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ environment variable.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.6
Impact score
6.4
Exploitability score
3.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
NVD-CWE-Other

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