Man Db Project maintains a narrowly scoped documentation-indexing and retrieval utility that, despite modest disclosure volume, is widely embedded in Unix and Linux distributions as a standard reference tool. Treat this as a compact vendor profile; live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Man Db Project over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
2 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2015-1336HIGH The daily mandb cleanup job in Man-db before 2.7.6.1-1 as packaged in Ubuntu and Debian allows local users with access to the man account to gain privileges via vectors involving i | Sep 28, 2017 | 7.8 | 30 | NO | YES |
CVE-2018-25078HIGH man-db before 2.8.5 on Gentoo allows local users (with access to the man user account) to gain root privileges because /usr/bin/mandb is executed by root but not owned by root. (Al | Jan 26, 2023 | 7.8 | 25 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (2 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Man Db Project.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Man Db Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.