Buffer overflow in getsym in tekhex.c in libbfd in Free Software Foundation GNU Binutils before 20060423, as used by GNU strings, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a file with a crafted Tektronix Hex Format (TekHex) record in which the length character is not a valid hexadecimal character.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-15T16:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.067Z

Reserved: 2006-05-15T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2006-2362

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2006-05-15T16:06:00.000

Modified: 2023-12-22T17:15:49.583

Link: CVE-2006-2362

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