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CVE-2006-6495
Stack-based buffer overflow in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via large precision…
Medium6.6EPSS 0.42%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via large precision padding values in a format string specifier in the format parameter of the doprf function. NOTE: this issue normally does not cross privilege boundaries, except in cases of external introduction of malicious message files, or if it is leveraged with other vulnerabilities such as CVE-2006-6494.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.6 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.6.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (10)
- 23317 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23991 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061212 Sun Microsystems Solaris ld.so 'doprf()' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- 102724 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 21564 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1017376 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4979 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1909 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- solaris-ld-doprf-bo(30848) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-019.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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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