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VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2006-2362

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…

HIGH 7.3EPSS 14.5%

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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.5%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

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.

CVSS 3.1
7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS
14.49% probability · 96th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-787
Affected
gnu/binutils
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.