CVE-2006-2480 EXPLOIT
5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.6% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.63% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-134 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2006-05-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| dia | dia |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Dia 0.8x/0.9x - Filename Remote Format String | 2006-05-23 |
References
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111
- http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20199
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20254
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20339
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20422
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20513
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1016203
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/25699
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111
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