Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 19, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2480
CVE-2006-2480
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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References
19- secunia.com/advisories/20254nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cginvdExploit
- kandangjamur.net/tutorial/dia.txtnvdExploit
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/82/433313/30/0/threadednvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/20199nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20339nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20422nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20457nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20513nvdVendor Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1908nvdVendor Advisory
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xmlnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.osvdb.org/25699nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/18078nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11224nvd
- usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/nvd
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