CVE-2006-4655

Published Sep 9, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-4643 Buffer overflow in the Strcmp function in the XKEYBOARD extension in X Window System X11R6.4 and earlier, as used in SCO UnixWare 7.1.3 and Sun Solaris 8 through 10, allows local users to gain privileges via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable value.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 7:23 PM
Reserved
Sep 8, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 9, 2006, 12:04 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:29 PM