CVE-2006-2480

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 25.82% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20513 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20422 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20199 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224 vdb entry signature
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html vendor advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016203 vdb entry
http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/20254 third party advisory patch vendor advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/25699 vdb entry
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093 vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111 exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/20339 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threaded mailing list exploit
https://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/ vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20457 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2006-2480?
CVE-2006-2480 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2006-2480?
To fix CVE-2006-2480, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2006-2480 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2006-2480 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~26% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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