CVE-2006-4810
N/A
Published: November 8, 2006 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTexinfo
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (30)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Source: [email protected]
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20061101-01-PThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22725Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22777Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/22798Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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