Vulnerability in GNU Texinfo
CVE-2006-4810
Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the (1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Texinfo file.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.6 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (43.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 43rd percentile — 43.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
References
- secunia.com/advisories/22725 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html (vendor-advisory, Patch)
- secunia.com/advisories/22777 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959 (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/22995 (third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html (vendor-advisory)