MEDIUM
Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag
Published Apr 10, 2007
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.33%
Description
Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
- 3.1
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.33% 0.01327
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01327
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 (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 69.99th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.33% (0.01327) | 67.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.29% (0.00295) | 50.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 90.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 89.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 76.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24801 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24828 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24801 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24828 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/24995 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner debian
Published Apr 10, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Aug 21, 2006
Link CVE-2006-4250
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a