CVE-2006-0301

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    CVE-2006-0301

    Published: 30 Jan 2006Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Heap-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.

    References: ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0206.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/18274, http://secunia.com/advisories/18677, http://secunia.com/advisories/18707, http://secunia.com/advisories/18825, http://secunia.com/advisories/18826, http://secunia.com/advisories/18834, http://secunia.com/advisories/18837, http://secunia.com/advisories/18838, http://secunia.com/advisories/18839, http://secunia.com/advisories/18860, http://secunia.com/advisories/18862, http://secunia.com/advisories/18864, http://secunia.com/advisories/18875, http://secunia.com/advisories/18882, http://secunia.com/advisories/18908, http://secunia.com/advisories/18913, http://secunia.com/advisories/18983, http://secunia.com/advisories/19377, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-971, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-972, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-974, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-04.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-05.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-12.xml, http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:030, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:031, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:032, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00039.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0201.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423899/100/0/threaded, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0389, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0422, ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0206.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/18677, http://secunia.com/advisories/18707, http://secunia.com/advisories/18825, http://secunia.com/advisories/18826, http://secunia.com/advisories/18834, http://secunia.com/advisories/18837, http://secunia.com/advisories/18838, http://secunia.com/advisories/18839, http://secunia.com/advisories/18860, http://secunia.com/advisories/18862, http://secunia.com/advisories/18864, http://secunia.com/advisories/18882, http://secunia.com/advisories/18908, http://secunia.com/advisories/18913, http://secunia.com/advisories/18983, http://secunia.com/advisories/19377, http://securitytracker.com/id?1015576, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472683, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.474747, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-971, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-972, http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-974, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-04.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-05.xml, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-12.xml, http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt, http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00039.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0201.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423899/100/0/threaded, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-249-1, https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=141242, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179046, http://securityreason.com/securityalert/470, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24391, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10850

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High