CVE-2006-4250

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278

http://secunia.com/advisories/24995

http://secunia.com/advisories/24828

http://secunia.com/advisories/24801

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2007-04-10

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00295