CVE-2006-4250 (GCVE-0-2006-4250)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-04-10 18:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 19:06
VLAI?
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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Nomenclature
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