CVE-2006-0618 (GCVE-0-2006-0618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2006-02-09 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:41
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in fontsleuth in QNX Neutrino RTOS 6.3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in the zeroth argument (program name).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0474 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
http://secunia.com/advisories/18750 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilit… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015599 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://www.osvdb.org/22966 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16539 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2006-02-07 00:00
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