CVE-2006-6495

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
13/12/2006
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:10.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*