Is CVE-2006-4146 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-4146 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-4146?

CVE-2006-4146 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.1 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-4146?

CVE-2006-4146 has an EPSS score of 3.23% (87th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2006-4146?

Upgrade gdb on debian 11 to 7.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-4146

MEDIUMEPSS 87th pctl

5.1

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in the (1) DWARF (dwarfread.c) and (2) DWARF2 (dwarf2read.c) debugging code in GNU Debugger (GDB) 6.5 allows user-assisted attackers, or restricted users, to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file with a location block (DW_FORM_block) that contains a large number of operations.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

How to fix

Remediation Available

gdbDebian

Fixed in:7.3-1CVE-2006-4146

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

3.23%probability of exploitation in 30 days

87thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 87% of all known CVEs.

References

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CVE-2023-4966	Critical	9.4	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
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CVE-2020-0796	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV + Ransom	-
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.