{
  "modified": "2025-08-09T19:01:29Z",
  "published": "2006-05-15T16:06:00Z",
  "id": "CVE-2006-2362",
  "details": "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.",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20188"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20531"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/20550"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/22932"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/27441"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_26_sr.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018872"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-292-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26644"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2007/Oct/msg00001.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "ARTICLE",
      "url": "http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584"
    },
    {
      "type": "EVIDENCE",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17950"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2584"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-binutils%40gnu.org/msg01516.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1924"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3665"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0034/"
    }
  ]
}