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CVE-2006-2480
Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary…
Medium5.1EPSS 7.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.8% · top 5.3% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (19)
- 18078 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0541 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20513 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20422 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1016203 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20254 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 25699 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:093 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20339 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060506 DIA file name handling format string (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- USN-286-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-200606-03 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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