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CVE-2006-6685

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2006-12-21 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Pedro Lineu Orso chetcpasswd 2.3.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long REMOTE_ADDR environment variable. NOTE: The provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Affected Platforms

Pedro Lineu Orso Chetcpasswd

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References