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CVE-2006-1244

Published: Mar 15, 2006Updated: Apr 16, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
7.6HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.1%
Top 20.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in certain versions of xpdf after 3.00, as used in various products including (a) pdfkit.framework, (b) gpdf, (c) pdftohtml, and (d) libextractor, has unknown impact and user-assisted attack vectors, possibly involving errors in (1) gmem.c, (2) SplashXPathScanner.cc, (3) JBIG2Stream.cc, (4) JPXStream.cc, and/or (5) Stream.cc. NOTE: this description is based on Debian advisory DSA 979, which is based on changes that were made after other vulnerabilities such as CVE-2006-0301 and CVE-2005-3624 through CVE-2005-3628 were fixed. Some of these newer fixes appear to be security-relevant, although it is not clear if they fix specific issues or are defensive in nature.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

gnome
oss-project·USaka glib, gnome project
gpdfOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / productivity
libextractor
oss-project
libextractorLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
xpdf
commercial
xpdfOn-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/19644
secunia.com
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-979
debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-998
debian.org
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