CVE-2006-4197
Multiple buffer overflows in libmusicbrainz (aka mb_client or MusicBrainz Client Library) 2.1.2 and earlier, and SVN 8406 and earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) a long Location header by the HTTP server, which triggers an overflow in the MBHttp::Download function in lib/http.cpp; and (2) a long URL in RDF data, as demonstrated by a URL in an rdf:resource field in an RDF XML document, which triggers overflows in many functions in lib/rdfparse.c.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 14.7% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4187)
- Published
- August 17, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4187 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- musicbrainz / libmusicbrainz
- musicbrainz / libmusicbrainz svn
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/brainzbof-adv.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21404(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21668
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21699
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22191
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22393
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22517
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22639
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-09.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1399
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016691(Exploit)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1162
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:157
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_25_sr.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/443205/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/444843/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19508(Exploit)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-363-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28367
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28368
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-610
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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