CVE-2006-4146

GDB buffer overflow

Published Aug 31, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 3.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-4136 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-356-1 gdb vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:57 PM
Reserved
Aug 15, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 31, 2006, 10:04 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:28 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Aug 31, 2006, 12:00 AM