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.
Published: 2006-03-15
Score: 7.6 High
EPSS: 3.5% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1019-1 New kpdf packages fix several vulnerabilities
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-1248 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-270-1 xpdf vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Gnome Gpdf
Libextractor Libextractor
Xpdf Xpdf
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:03:28.588Z

Reserved: 2006-03-15T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-1244

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-03-15T19:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-1244

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