CVE-2006-4146

GNU GDB 6.5 - Buffer Overflow in DWARF and DWARF2 Debugging Code

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (26)

Core 26
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/28318
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25894
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22662
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25632
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25934
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3433
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26909
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/27706
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/21713
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22205
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sgi
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-356-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0126
EPSS Percentile 79.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
gnu/gdb 6.5
Published Aug 31, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026