CVE-2006-0301

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-0301
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-01-30 22:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS: 0.030840000 probability, percentile 0.867940000 (date 2026-04-16)

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Xpdf Xpdf All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora Core 4 Update: poppler-0.4.5-1.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
usn/usn-249-1 - Ubuntu: Linux for human beings af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Patch
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- KPdf: Heap based overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for gpdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- GPdf: heap overflows in included Xpdf code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
SCO OpenServer update for xpdf - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.sco.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for kdegraphics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for xpdf - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityReason af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
179046 – CVE-2006-0301 PDF splash handling heap overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Xpdf, Poppler: Heap overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for xpdf/poppler/kdegraphics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - KDE kpdf Heap Overflow in Splash Rasterizer Engine Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Patch
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Fedora update for poppler - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for kdegraphics/kpdf - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat update for kdegraphics - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Slackware update for xpdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian update for xpdf - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kde.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Advisories - Mandriva Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
KDE kpdf Splash Image Handling Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-972-1 pdfkit.framework af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 slackware.com Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-971-1 xpdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
PDFKit Framework PDF Splash Image Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo update for gpdf - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Xpdf PDF Splash Image Handling Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Gentoo update for xpdf/poppler af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for xpdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Fedora update for kdegraphics af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-974-1 gpdf af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for pdfkit.framework af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
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