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CVE-2006-4810
Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the (1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in texinfo 4.8 and…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.56%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the (1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Texinfo file.
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)
- 0.56% · top 53% 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 (29)
- 22725 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:203 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0727 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 22777 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-379-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 20959 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 22995 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4412 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 20070404 VMSA-2007-0003 VMware ESX 3.0.1 and 3.0.0 server security updates (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 23015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1267 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200611-16 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 23335 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23112 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 2006-0063 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TRUSTIXx_transferred
- 24788 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20061127 rPSA-2006-0219-1 info install-info texinfo (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 22898 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22929 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- texinfo-texindex-bo(30158) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- OpenPKG-SA-2006.034 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENPKGx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22798 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1219 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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