CVE-2006-4262

cscope: multiple buffer overflows

Published Aug 23, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 4.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1186-1 New cscope packages fix arbitrary code execution
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-4250 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:06 PM
Reserved
Aug 21, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Aug 23, 2006, 10:04 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:28 PM
Severity
Low
Public date
Aug 20, 2006, 12:00 AM