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CVE-2006-5556

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 1.30% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-10-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2006-5556
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
1.30%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the localtime_r function, and certain other functions, in libc in HP-UX B.11.11 and possibly other versions allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long TZ environment variable.