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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2006-2480 Detail

Current 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20199 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20254 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20339 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20422 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20457 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/20513 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016203 CVE, MITRE
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.osvdb.org/25699 CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.html CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224 CVE, MITRE
https://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/ CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2006-2480
NVD Published Date:
05/19/2006
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE