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CVE-2006-4655
Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.91%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.
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)
- 0.91% · top 40% 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 (15)
- ADV-2006-3529 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 19905 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 102570 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 20060908 [RISE-2006001] X11R6 XKEYBOARD extension Strcmp() buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1016806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 21856 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3525 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 21815 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21993 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2006-195.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1545 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 21845 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.risesecurity.org/advisory/RISE-2006001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- xorg-libx11-xkeyboard-bo(28820) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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