CVE-2006-4810: GNU Texinfo

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the readline function in util/texindex.c, as used by the (1) texi2dvi and (2) texindex commands, in texinfo 4.8 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Texinfo file.

Affected products

• GNU Texinfo: up to and including 4.8

Published 2006-11-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.