CVE-2006-1244

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 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1244 is rated Moderate Risk (61.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.47%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2006-1244

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 2025-04-08 2.79% 3.47% +0.68%
2 2025-03-30 4.50% 2.79% -1.71%
3 2025-03-29 4.50%

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1244

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2006-1244

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1244

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2006-1244 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xpdf), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1244
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1244 medium priority: Ubuntu including 6 source packages (cupsys, gpdf, kdegraphics, koffice, poppler, tetex-bin), 24 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 12, needs-triage 6, released 4, DNE 1, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1244

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1244

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome gpdf 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gpdf:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libextractor libextractor 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:libextractor:libextractor:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 0.90 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 0.92 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 1.0a cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:1.0a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 3.0.1_pl1 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0.1_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 3.0_pl2 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0_pl2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xpdf xpdf 3.0_pl3 cpe:2.3:a:xpdf:xpdf:3.0_pl3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:hppa:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ia-64:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:m68k:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mips:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:mipsel:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:s-390:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1244

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/18948 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19021 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19065 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19091 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19164 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19364 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19644 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/p/pdfkit.framework/pdfkit.framework_0.8-2sarge3.diff.gz Patch
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1019 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-979 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-982 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-983 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-984 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-998 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/23834
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16748
https://usn.ubuntu.com/270-1/
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