High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published May 15, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2362
CVE-2006-2362
Description
Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.
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Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
16- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950nvdExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.htmlnvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20188nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20531nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20550nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/22932nvdThird Party Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27441nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.htmlnvdThird Party Advisory
- www.securitytracker.com/idnvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.htmlnvdIssue TrackingMailing List
- www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/nvdBroken Link
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1nvdBroken Link
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924nvdPermissions Required
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665nvdPermissions Required
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