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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.63%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.63% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-134
- Affected
- dia/dia
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=342111Exploit
- http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txtExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20199Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20254Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20339Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20422Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20513Vendor Advisory
- 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.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/25699
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threadedExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908Vendor Advisory
- 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=342111Exploit
- http://kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txtExploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20199Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20254Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20339Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20422Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20513Vendor Advisory
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.