CVE-2006-4262 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in cscope versions 15.5 and earlier. These flaws can be triggered by user-assisted attackers providing overly long pathnames or command-line arguments, leading to a denial of service (crash) and potentially arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 5.1, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, allowing for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 15.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cscope:cscope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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