CVE-2006-2453

Multiple unspecified format string vulnerabilities in Dia have unspecified impact and attack vectors, a different set of issues than CVE-2006-2480.

Published: 2006-05-28 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-2453 is rated Moderate Risk (56.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.20%). 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-2006-2453

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 2026-06-15 3.93% 2.20% -1.73%
2 2025-06-21 3.16% 3.93% +0.77%
3 2025-03-30 3.16%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2006-2453

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-2006-2453

OS Trackers for CVE-2006-2453

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2006-2453 medium 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-2006-2453
gentoo normal CVE-2006-2453: 1 GLSA(s) (200606-03), 1 atom(s) (app-office/dia); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2006-2453
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2006-2453
ubuntu medium CVE-2006-2453 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dia), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2006-2453

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2006-2453

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
dia dia cpe:2.3:a:dia:dia:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2006-2453

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/20254 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20339
http://secunia.com/advisories/20422 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20457 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20513 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1016203
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200606-03.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:093
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2006-May/msg00119.html Patch
http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-security-list/2006-May/msg00099.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0541.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18166 Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=192830
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11600
https://usn.ubuntu.com/286-1/
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