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CVE-2006-4250

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-04-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 3.1, 3.1-r1

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/24801
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24828
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24995
• http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1278
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_007_suse.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23355
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1294
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1295
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33508
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24801
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24828
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24995

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