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.
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.
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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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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4.9 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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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
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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 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:* |