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FKIE_CVE-2006-2480

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-05-19 21:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:25
Severity
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txtExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20199Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20254Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20339Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20422Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20457Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/20513Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1016203
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/25699
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.htmlVendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threadedExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txtExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20199Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20254Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20339Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20422Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20457Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/20513Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1016203
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/25699
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threadedExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
dia dia 0.94
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