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Fencer Vulns
high 7.6

CVE-2006-1550 json

Multiple buffer overflows in the xfig import code (xfig-import.c) in Dia 0.87 and later before 0.95-pre6 allow user-assisted attackers to h…

published 2006-03-30 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-1551

cvss
7.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in the xfig import code (xfig-import.c) in Dia 0.87 and later before 0.95-pre6 allow user-assisted attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted xfig file, possibly involving an invalid (1) color index, (2) number of points, or (3) depth.

Patch / fix

  • dia Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.94.0-18

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-1550

  • dia RHEL 4 1:0.94-5.4

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0280

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-1550 updated

Dia multiple buffer overflows

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 dia 0.94-5.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 dia 0.94-5.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 dia 0.94-5.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 dia 0.94-5.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0280

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.