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CVE-2006-4146
Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 3.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.5% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
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- 20070920 VMSA-2007-0006 Critical security updates for all supported versions of VMware ESX Server, VMware Server, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and VMware Player (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- ADV-2006-4283 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 25098 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200711-23 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 25894 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0469 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3229 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2006-10-31 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 28318 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1017138 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10463 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0229 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 22662 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25632 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2006-3433 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27706 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 21713 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 22205 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 19802 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-356-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-4136 (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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