FKIE_CVE-2006-4250

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-04-10 18:19 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
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.

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  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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