CVE-2006-1550

Multiple buffer overflows in the xfig import code (xfig-import.c) in Dia 0.87 and later before 0.95-pre6 allow user-assisted attackers to have an unknown impact via a crafted xfig file, possibly involving an invalid (1) color index, (2) number of points, or (3) depth.

Published: 2006-03-30 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1550 is rated Moderate Risk (61.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.98%). 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-2006-1550

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 2025-04-23 3.20% 3.98% +0.78%
2 2025-03-30 6.47% 3.20% -3.26%
3 2025-03-29 6.47%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-1550

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-2006-1550

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-1550

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2006-1550 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dia), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-1550
gentoo normal CVE-2006-1550: 1 GLSA(s) (200604-14), 1 atom(s) (app-office/dia); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-1550
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1550
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-1550/
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-1550 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dia), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): not-affected 2, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-1550

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-1550

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dia dia 0.87 cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.87:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dia dia 0.88.1 cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.88.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dia dia 0.91 cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dia dia 0.92.2 cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.92.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dia dia 0.93 cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dia dia 0.94 cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:0.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-1550

URL Tags
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/dia-list/2006-March/msg00149.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/19469 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19505 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19507 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19543 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19546 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19765 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19897 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19959 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015853
http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1025
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200604-14.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:062
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_04_28.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-April/msg00021.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0280.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/429357/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17310 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25566
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10361
https://usn.ubuntu.com/266-1/
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