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.

EPSS: 0.005 (41.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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