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CVE-2006-6105Format string vulnerability in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) in GNOME Foundation Display Manager (gdm) allows local users to…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 63% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Format string vulnerability in the host chooser window (gdmchooser) in GNOME Foundation Display Manager (gdm) allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a hostname, which are used in an error dialog.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 21 days later
· 21 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 63% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References15
- 23385 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23387 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-5015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 23409 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1017383 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 1017320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 30848 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- gdmchooser-host-chooser-format-string(30896) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 21597 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 23381 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20061214 GNOME Foundation Display Manager gdmchooser Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:231 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/GNOME/sources/gdm/2.17/gdm-2.17.4.news (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-396-1 (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-2006-6088 (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-2006-6105)Record last updated .