Heap-based buffer overflow in the showQueryPackage function in librpm in RPM Package Manager 4.4.8, when the LANG environment variable is set to ru_RU.UTF-8, might allow user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted RPM packages.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-5466 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.55%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.86% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 1.69% | 3.55% | +1.86% |
| 2 | 2025-11-30 | 1.25% | 1.69% | +0.44% |
| 3 | 2025-06-25 | — | 1.25% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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4.9 | 6.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
alpine
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— | CVE-2006-5466: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. | https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2006-5466 |
debian
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low | CVE-2006-5466 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rpm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-5466 |
gentoo
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normal | CVE-2006-5466: 1 GLSA(s) (200611-08), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/rpm); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-5466 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-5466 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2006-5466 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rpm), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-5466 |
: Successful exploitation may allow the execution of arbitrary code, but requires that certain locales are set (e.g. ru_RU.UTF-8). There are patches available for each affected Ubuntu product.
Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=213515 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. More information regarding issue severity can be found here: http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rpm | package_manager | 4.4.8 | cpe:2.3:a:rpm:package_manager:4.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.06_lts | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |