CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-0301

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A heap-based buffer overflow in Splash.cc in xpdf, also used in poppler, kdegraphics, gpdf, and pdfkit.framework, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted splash images that exceed the width or height of the associated bitmap.

Risk Assessment

The organization faces denial-of-service attacks and potential remote code execution through malicious PDF files with crafted splash images, risking system integrity and data breaches.

Recommendation

Immediately update all products using xpdf (including poppler, kdegraphics, gpdf, pdfkit.framework) to versions containing the fix for CVE-2006-0301. If no patch is available, consider temporarily disabling splash image support in the configuration.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS