CVE-2006-4197

critical

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in libmusicbrainz (aka mb_client or MusicBrainz Client Library) 2.1.2 and earlier, and SVN 8406 and earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) a long Location header by the HTTP server, which triggers an overflow in the MBHttp::Download function in lib/http.cpp; and (2) a long URL in RDF data, as demonstrated by a URL in an rdf:resource field in an RDF XML document, which triggers overflows in many functions in lib/rdfparse.c.

References

https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-610

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28368

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28367

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-4187

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-363-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19508

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444843/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443205/100/0/threaded

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:157

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1162

http://securitytracker.com/id?1016691

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1399

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-09.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/22639

http://secunia.com/advisories/22517

http://secunia.com/advisories/22393

http://secunia.com/advisories/22191

http://secunia.com/advisories/21699

http://secunia.com/advisories/21668

http://secunia.com/advisories/21404

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/brainzbof-adv.txt

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-08-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.1364