HIGH
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
Published May 15, 2006
7.3
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 14.49%
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.3 HIGH CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
YesTechnical Impact
PartialDecision
n/aAssessed Jan 16, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
14.49% 0.14494
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.14494
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 14.49% (0.14494) | 96.54th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jul 12, 2026 | 14.49% (0.14494) | 96.23th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 11.97% (0.11966) | 95.57th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.87% (0.04867) | 88.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.89% (0.05892) | 83.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.87% (0.04867) | 88.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.52% (0.02523) | 89.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.14% (0.01135) | 85.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 23, 2023 | 1.14% (0.01135) | 83.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 1.05% (0.01053) | 82.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.92% (0.00925) | 80.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 23.22% (0.23224) | 96.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 23.22% (0.23224) | 96.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 23.22% (0.23224) | 94.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (16)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory
- http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTIssue TrackingMailing List
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXBroken Link
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUBroken Link
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20188 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20531 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/20550 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22932 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/27441 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAThird Party Advisory | |
| http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584 | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTIssue TrackingMailing List | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXBroken Link | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUBroken Link | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPermissions Required | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published May 15, 2006
Updated Jan 16, 2025
Reserved May 15, 2006
Link CVE-2006-2362
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Jan 16, 2025