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CVE-2006-2480 json

Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary…

published 2006-05-19 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-2480

cvss
5.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.8%
EPSS 7.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • dia Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.95.0-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2480

  • dia RHEL 4 1:0.94-5.7.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2006:0541

  • dia openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.97.3-11.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10716-1

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-2006-2480 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 dia 0.94-5.7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 dia 0.94-5.7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 dia 0.94-5.7.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 dia 0.94-5.7.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0541

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

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-27903)

Exploit prediction

7.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27903 Dia 0.8x/0.9x - Filename Remote Format String dos, 2006-05-23
  • kandangjamur.net http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • bugzilla.gnome.org http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threaded referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

References

Sources

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