THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-2480
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2480

Dia vulnerability

CVSS
5.1
EPSS
7.6%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Dia
Affected product
Dia
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-134 — Uncontrolled Format String
Published
2006-05-19

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-2480

  • Confirm whether Dia Dia is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2480.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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