CVE-2006-0301

Summary

CVECVE-2006-0301
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-30 22:03:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-19 15:44:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in Splash.cc in xpdf, as used in other products such as (1) poppler, (2) kdegraphics, (3) gpdf, (4) pdfkit.framework, and others, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted splash images that produce certain values that exceed the width or height of the associated bitmap.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xpdf Xpdf All All All All
Application Xpdf Xpdf All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - KDE kpdf Heap Overflow in Splash Rasterizer Engine Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for xpdf SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: poppler-0.4.5-1.1 FEDORA www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for kdegraphics SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
PDFKit Framework PDF Splash Image Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for kdegraphics - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-974-1 gpdf DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for xpdf SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Xpdf PDF Splash Image Handling Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-971-1 xpdf DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- KPdf: Heap based overflow GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for gpdf - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for gpdf SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPdf: heap overflows in included Xpdf code GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for poppler - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for xpdf/poppler SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.novell.com
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com Patch
179046 – CVE-2006-0301 PDF splash handling heap overflow MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
usn/usn-249-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com Patch
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xpdf, Poppler: Heap overflow GENTOO www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-972-1 pdfkit.framework DEBIAN www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian update for xpdf - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories SLACKWARE slackware.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for pdfkit.framework SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityReason SREASON securityreason.com
KDE kpdf Splash Image Handling Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Red Hat update for xpdf - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for kdegraphics SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
SCOSA-2006.15 SCO ftp.sco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for xpdf/poppler/kdegraphics SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus FEDORA www.securityfocus.com
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt MISC www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for kdegraphics/kpdf - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SCO OpenServer update for xpdf - Advisories - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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