# 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.framew

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-01-30 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://secunia.com/advisories/18707
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0422
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015576
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.15/SCOSA-2006.15.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18837
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24391
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18834
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:031
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18983
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=179046
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:030
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/423899/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18864
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0389
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18677
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-12.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2006-February/msg00039.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2006-0201.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:032
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200602-05.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18882
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18274
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10850
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-974
- http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-971

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