cscope — security advisory

{
  "id": "91b72fd8154bcffb719e38c72cdcbe8896c1251132dbbdaf0e018de9b875a410",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4262",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4262",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4262",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cscope",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "15.5+cvs20060902-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cscope",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "15.5+cvs20060902-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "cscope",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "15.5+cvs20060902-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4262",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4262"
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "15.5+cvs20060902-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cscope",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cscope?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4262.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "15.5+cvs20060902-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cscope",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cscope?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4262.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "15.5+cvs20060902-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "cscope",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/cscope?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-4262.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:28.801270862Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2006-4262"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-4262"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2006-4262",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410646,
  "published_at": "2006-08-23T10:04:00+00:00"
}