VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2006-6495

CVSS score6.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.42%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2006-12-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in ld.so.1 in Sun Solaris 8, 9, and 10 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via large precision padding values in a format string specifier in the format parameter of the doprf function. NOTE: this issue normally does not cross privilege boundaries, except in cases of external introduction of malicious message files, or if it is leveraged with other vulnerabilities such as CVE-2006-6494.

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