CVE-2006-4250
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…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 1.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 28% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Man Command - -H Flag Local Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 29822local, linuxpublished 6 Apr 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.3% · top 28% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References9
- 24828 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1278 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 24801 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 24995 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23355 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1295 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- mandb-hflag-bo(33508) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1294 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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-2006-4238 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2006-4250)Record last updated .