CVE-2006-2549 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in PDF Form Filling and Flattening Tool before 3.1.0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long field names.

Published: 2006-05-24

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 4.1% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pdf_tools_ag:pdf_form_filling_and_flattening_tool:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-2549	Stack-based buffer overflow in PDF Form Filling and Flattening Tool before 3.1.0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via long field names.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.04134.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2006-May/046292.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/20233
http://www.osvdb.org/25902
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434992/30/4770/threaded
http://www.vsecurity.com/bulletins/advisories/2006/pdf-form-filling.txt
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1960
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26604

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Pdf Tools Ag Pdf Form Filling And Flattening Tool

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-05-24T23:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.770Z

Reserved: 2006-05-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2549

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-24T23:02:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2006-2549

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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