# 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)

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-03-15 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

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

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