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CVE-2006-0301
Heap-based buffer overflow in Splash.cc in xpdf, as used in other products such as (1) poppler, (2) kdegraphics, (3) gpdf, (4)…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References44
- 18707 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0422 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1015576 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 18837 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- xpdf-splash-bo(24391) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 18834 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:031 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 18983 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179046 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 20060202 [KDE Security Advisory] kpdf/xpdf heap based buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 18864 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-0389 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 18677 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200602-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2006-103 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0201 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- MDKSA-2006:032 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- GLSA-200602-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 18882 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18274 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- DSA-974 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 18825 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2006:0206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 470 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- SSA:2006-045-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 18875 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200602-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 18860 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18908 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18839 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-249-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 18862 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=141242 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SSA:2006-045-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SLACKWAREx_transferred
- 19377 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FLSA:175404 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-972 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 18913 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18838 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 18826 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-0308 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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