CVE-2006-4146

CWE-119 — Buffer Overflow9 documents8 sources
Severity
5.1MEDIUM
EPSS
1.3%
top 20.60%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
1
GNU GDB
Timeline
PublishedAug 31
Latest updateMay 3

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 a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/C:P/I:P/A:PExploitability: 4.9 | Impact: 6.4

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiangdb< 7.3-1+3
▶NVDgnu/gdb6.5

Patches

Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-63cf-4m5h-x542: Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread↗2022-05-03
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OSV
CVE-2006-4146: Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread↗2006-08-31
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CVEList
CVE-2006-4146: Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread↗2006-08-31
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Ubuntu
gdb vulnerability↗2006-10-02
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Red Hat
GDB buffer overflow↗2006-08-31
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Debian
CVE-2006-4146: gdb - Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) deb...↗2006
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4146 GDB buffer overflow↗2007-03-29
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Bugzilla
CVE-2006-4146 GDB buffer overflow↗2006-08-24
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