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TI-2006-04116 Aliases CVE-2006-4262GHSA-xr3w-8pvj-85f8

Multiple buffer overflows in cscope 15.5 and earlier allow user-assisted attackers to…

Priority LOW 30CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in cscope 15.5 and earlier allow user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via multiple vectors including (1) a long pathname that is not properly handled during file list parsing, (2) long pathnames that result from path variable expansion such as tilde expansion for the HOME environment variable, and (3) a long -f (aka reffile) command line argument.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03953 90th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cscope:cscope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 15.5VulnerableCscope
  • cpe:2.3:a:cscope:cscope:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 15.5 Vulnerable ·Cscope

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2009:1101 Released 2009-06-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    cscope security update
    • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3, cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3, cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3.i386, cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3, cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.i386, cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.ia64 +1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3, cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.i386
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3, cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3.i386, cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3, cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.i386, cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3, cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3.i386, cscope-15.5-16.RHEL3.ia64
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3, cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.i386, cscope-15.5-10.RHEL4.3.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Desktop version 3Fixed RHSA-2009:1101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3Fixed RHSA-2009:1101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3Fixed RHSA-2009:1101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3Fixed RHSA-2009:1101
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4Fixed RHSA-2009:1101

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-4262
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xr3w-8pvj-85f8

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 5

  • TI-2009-01493 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2009-00137 Multiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2004-02411 Buffer overflow in Cscope 15.5, and possibly multiple overflows, allows remote attackers… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2004-00902 main.c in cscope 15-4 and 15-5 creates temporary files with predictable filenames, which… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

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