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CVE-2006-2362

Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.

  • Published: May 15, 2006
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2006-2362
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.3
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / binutils - 2.17