CVE-2006-0301

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.

Published: 2006-01-30 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2006-0301 is rated Moderate Risk (55.2/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.08%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-0301

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 7.79% 3.08% -4.71%
2 2025-03-29 3.08% 7.79% +4.71%
3 2025-03-17 — 3.08% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-0301

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-0301

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-0301

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-0301 medium priority: Debian including 3 source packages (libextractor, poppler, xpdf), 15 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 15. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-0301
gentoo normal CVE-2006-0301: 3 GLSA(s) (200602-04, 200602-05, 200602-12), 5 atom(s) (app-text/gpdf, app-text/poppler, app-text/xpdf, kde-base/kdegraphics, kde-base/kpdf); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-0301
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0301
suse high CVE-2006-0301 severity important: SUSE including 18 source package names (libpoppler-cpp0-21.08.0-1.3, libpoppler-cpp0-32bit-21.08.0-1.3, …), 18 product×package rows across 2 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0, openSUSE Tumbleweed): Fixed 18. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-0301/
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-0301 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (gpdf, kdegraphics, libextractor, pdftohtml, poppler, xpdf), 24 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 13, needs-triage 6, not-affected 3, DNE 1, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-0301

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-0301

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xpdf xpdf — cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-0301

URL Tags
ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2006-0206.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18274 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18677 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18707 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18825 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18826 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18834 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18837 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18838 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18839 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18860 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18862 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18864 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18875 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18882 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18908 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18913 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/18983 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19377 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/470
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015576 Patch
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.472683 Patch
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.474747 Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-971 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-972 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-974 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-04.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-05.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-12.xml Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20060202-1.txt Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:030
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:031
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:032
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00039.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0201.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423899/100/0/threaded Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427990/100/0/threaded
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-249-1 Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0389 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0422 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=141242
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179046
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24391
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10850
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