Vulnerability in Dia
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 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.076 (94.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.076 · newest: 0.076 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Dia — versions 0.94
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078 (vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20513 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20422 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/20199 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11224 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txt (Exploit)
- secunia.com/advisories/20254 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)