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CVE-2006-4250
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…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.3%
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- debian
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 29% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- 24828 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1278 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 24801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 24995 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23355 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1295 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- mandb-hflag-bo(33508) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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