CVE-2006-4262
Multiple buffer overflows in cscope 15.5 and earlier allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors including (1) a long pathname that is not properly handled during file list parsing, (2) long pathnames that result from path variable expansion such as tilde expansion for the HOME environment variable, and (3) a long -f (aka reffile) command line argument.
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
- 4.0% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4250)
- Published
- August 23, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4250 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cscope / cscope
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/21601(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22239(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22515(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200610-08.xml
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266760&forum_id=33500
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=30266761&forum_id=33500
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1186
- http://www.osvdb.org/28135
- http://www.osvdb.org/28136
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19686
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19687
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3374(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=203645(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28545
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28546
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9661
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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