CVE-2006-4262
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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.95%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.95% probability · 90th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- cscope/cscope
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21601Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22239Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22515Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-08.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266760&forum_id=33500
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266761&forum_id=33500
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1186
- http://www.osvdb.org/28135
- http://www.osvdb.org/28136
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19686
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19687
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3374Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203645Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28545
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28546
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9661
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21601Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22239Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22515Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-08.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266760&forum_id=33500
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266761&forum_id=33500
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1186
- http://www.osvdb.org/28135
- http://www.osvdb.org/28136
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19686
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19687
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3374Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.