CVE-2006-4810
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 0.6% (47th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-4797)
- Published
- November 8, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-4797 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / texinfo
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-P
- http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/texinfo/texinfo/util/texindex.c?r1=1.16&r2=1.17
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22725(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22777(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22798(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22898
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22929
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22995
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23112
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23335
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24788
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200611-16.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1219
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:203
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_28_sr.html
- http://www.openpkg.org/security/advisories/OpenPKG-SA-2006.034-texinfo.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0727.html(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/452723/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464745/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20959
- http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0063/
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-379-1
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-1121906-patch.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/esx-2559638-patch.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/4412
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1267
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/30158
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-810
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10893
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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