CVE-2006-4146: gnu gdb

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-4146 is a medium (CVSS 5.1) vulnerability in gnu gdb. EPSS estimates a 3.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 31-08-2006
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.