CVE-2006-4262
"Cscope Buffer Overflows"
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in cscope 15.5 and earlier allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors including (1) a long pathname that is not properly handled during file list parsing, (2) long pathnames that result from path variable expansion such as tilde expansion for the HOME environment variable, and (3) a long -f (aka reffile) command line argument.
INFO
Published Date :
Aug. 23, 2006, 10:04 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 12:15 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
4.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2006-4262
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vulnerability anywhere in the article.
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CVE-2006-4262
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.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/21601 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22239 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/22515 Added Reference http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-08.xml Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266760&forum_id=33500 Added Reference http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266761&forum_id=33500 Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1186 Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/28135 Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/28136 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19686 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19687 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3374 Added Reference https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203645 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28545 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28546 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9661 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9661 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9661 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jul. 20, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28546 [No Types Assigned] Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/28545 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28546 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28545 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Aug. 23, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-4262
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-2006-4262
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
1.50 }} -0.06%
score
0.86621
percentile