CVE-2006-4146
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 3.5%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.5% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4136)
- Published
- August 31, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4136 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / gdb
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070602-01-P.asc
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=304669
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2006/Oct/msg00000.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-September/065902.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21713(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22205(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22662(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25098(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25632(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25894(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25934(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26909(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27706(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200711-23.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017138
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-253.htm
- http://www.osvdb.org/28318
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0229.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0469.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19802
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-356-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3433
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4283
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3229
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=204841(Patch)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10463
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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