CVE-2006-2480
Dia Format String Vulnerability Denial of Service (DoS) and Arbitrary Code Execution
Description
Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering errors or warnings, as demonstrated via format string specifiers in a .bmp filename. NOTE: the original exploit was demonstrated through a command line argument, but there are other mechanisms for input that are automatically processed by Dia, such as a crafted .dia file.
INFO
Published Date :
May 19, 2006, 9:02 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 3, 2025, 1:03 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.4
Exploitability Score :
4.9
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111 Added Reference http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20199 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20254 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20339 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20422 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20457 Added Reference http://secunia.com/advisories/20513 Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1016203 Added Reference http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093 Added Reference http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/25699 Added Reference http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.html Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threaded Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078 Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908 Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224 Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://www.ubuntulinux.org/support/documentation/usn/usn-286-1 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/ [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 11, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11224 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224 [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 22, 2006
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2006-2480 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2006-2480
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
25.82 }} 0.49%
score
0.95894
percentile