CVE Catalog

CVE-2006-1244

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An unspecified vulnerability in certain versions of xpdf after 3.00, used in various products including pdfkit.framework, gpdf, pdftohtml, and libextractor, has unknown impact and requires user interaction. The vulnerability may involve errors in gmem.c, SplashXPathScanner.cc, JBIG2Stream.cc, JPXStream.cc, or Stream.cc.

Risk Assessment

The risk to the organization is potential remote code execution or denial of service when a user opens a crafted PDF file, which could compromise system confidentiality, integrity, or availability.

Recommendation

Update xpdf to the latest available version and apply security patches provided by the Linux distribution (e.g., Debian DSA 979). Consider using alternative PDF viewers with active sandbox mechanisms.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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