7.5
HIGH
CVE-2006-2362
Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 15, 2006, 4:06 p.m.

Last Modified :

Dec. 22, 2023, 5:15 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2006-2362 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2006-2362 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnu binutils
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2006-2362.

URL Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 Third Party Advisory
http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html Issue Tracking Mailing List
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ Broken Link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 Broken Link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 Permissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Test container known to be vulnerable. Do NOT use this apart from for testing

Dockerfile

Updated: 4 years, 5 months ago
1 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 1, 2019, 3:43 p.m. This repo has been linked 37 different CVEs too.

None

C Perl 6 Perl ASP HTML Rich Text Format Visual Basic TeX Assembly Shell

Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago
1 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 13, 2019, 1:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 308 different CVEs too.

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linux vulnerability reproduction cve edb

Shell C Perl PHP TeX Python Assembly Makefile HTML XSLT

Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago
327 stars 70 fork 70 watcher
Born at : July 30, 2015, 10:36 a.m. This repo has been linked 309 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2006-2362 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2006-2362 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 22, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html No Types Assigned http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html Issue Tracking, Mailing List
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-787
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01516.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 29, 2020

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html No Types Assigned http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 No Types Assigned http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584 Exploit http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01516.html Exploit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01516.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html No Types Assigned http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 Exploit, Patch http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ No Types Assigned http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 No Types Assigned http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 Permissions Required
    Changed Reference Type https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 No Types Assigned https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.17
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/26644 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 16, 2006

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-2362 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-2362 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.14 }} 0.08%

score

0.83091

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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