TI-2006-02412 Aliases CVE-2006-2480 GHSA-prr8-97x3-2662

Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial…

LOW 34CWE-134Published 2006-05-19 · Updated 2024-08-07

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Partial · Partial · Partial
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-134 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.07806 94th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed Red Hat: 1 advisory

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.94:::::::*	0.94	Vulnerable	Dia

cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.94 Vulnerable ·Dia

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2006:0541 Released 2006-06-01 · Red Hat rating Moderate
dia security update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 dia-1:0.94-5.7.1, dia-1:0.94-5.7.1.i386, dia-1:0.94-5.7.1.ia64 +1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 dia-1:0.94-5.7.1, dia-1:0.94-5.7.1.i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 dia-1:0.94-5.7.1, dia-1:0.94-5.7.1.i386, dia-1:0.94-5.7.1.ia64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 dia-1:0.94-5.7.1, dia-1:0.94-5.7.1.i386, dia-1:0.94-5.7.1.ia64

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4	Fixed	RHSA-2006:0541
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4	Fixed	RHSA-2006:0541
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4	Fixed	RHSA-2006:0541
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4	Fixed	RHSA-2006:0541

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2006-2480
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-prr8-97x3-2662

References

Exploit 2

Advisory 6

Other 2

TI-2006-01500 Multiple buffer overflows in the xfig import code (xfig-import.c) in Dia 0.87 and later… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.6
TI-2006-02389 Multiple unspecified format string vulnerabilities in Dia have unspecified impact and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2007-03302 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Dia before 0.96.1-6 have unspecified attack… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2008-05680 Untrusted search path vulnerability in the Python plugin in Dia 0.96.1, and possibly… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.9
TI-2005-02798 The Python SVG import plugin (diasvg_import.py) for DIA 0.94 and earlier allows… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.1

Sources

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