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medium 4.6

CVE-2006-4250 json

Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H fl…

published 2007-04-10 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4238

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.

Patch / fix

  • man-db Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.3-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4250

  • man openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.9.4-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11036-1

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-29822)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-29822 Man Command - -H Flag Local Buffer Overflow local, 2007-04-06
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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