CVE-2006-6418: hp tru64

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-6418 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in hp tru64. EPSS estimates a 0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-12-2006
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in the POSIX Threads library (libpthread) on HP Tru64 UNIX 4.0F PK8, 4.0G PK4, and 5.1A PK6 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long PTHREAD_CONFIG environment variable.

• 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.