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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2006-4810 json

Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the (1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in texinfo 4.8 and earl…

published 2006-11-08 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-4797

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the (1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Texinfo file.

Patch / fix

  • texinfo Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.8.dfsg.1-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4810

  • texinfo RHEL 2.1 4.0b-3.el2.1
  • texinfo RHEL 3 4.5-3.el3.1
  • texinfo RHEL 4 4.7-5.el4.2
  • info RHEL 2.1 4.0b-3.el2.1
  • info RHEL 3 4.5-3.el3.1
  • info RHEL 4 4.7-5.el4.2

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0727

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-4810 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 info 4.5-3.el3.1, texinfo 4.5-3.el3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1 info 4.0b-3.el2.1, texinfo 4.0b-3.el2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 info 4.5-3.el3.1, texinfo 4.5-3.el3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 info 4.7-5.el4.2, texinfo 4.7-5.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 info 4.7-5.el4.2, texinfo 4.7-5.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 info 4.0b-3.el2.1, texinfo 4.0b-3.el2.1
    +6 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 info 4.5-3.el3.1, texinfo 4.5-3.el3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 info 4.7-5.el4.2, texinfo 4.7-5.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1 info 4.0b-3.el2.1, texinfo 4.0b-3.el2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 info 4.5-3.el3.1, texinfo 4.5-3.el3.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 info 4.7-5.el4.2, texinfo 4.7-5.el4.2 Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 info 4.0b-3.el2.1, texinfo 4.0b-3.el2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0727

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Exploit prediction

0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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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