dia — security advisory

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  "id": "319ffc95a75e830edf339f43a88f9534db21a7cbfd11f99f271193f77a88bdd6",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2480",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2480",
    "summary": "Format string vulnerability in Dia 0.94 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code by triggering errors or warnings, as demonstrated via format string specifiers in a .bmp filename. NOTE: the original exploit was demonstrated through a command line argument, but there are other mechanisms for input that are automatically processed by Dia, such as a crafted .dia file.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2480",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dia",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.95.0-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dia",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "0.95.0-4",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "dia",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
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          {
            "value": "0.95.0-4",
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          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "unknown",
    "structured": {
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      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
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                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
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                }
              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dia",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/dia?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2480.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
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                {
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                }
              ]
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          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dia",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/dia?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2480.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        },
        {
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              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "0.95.0-4"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "dia",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/dia?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2006-2480.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "low"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-22T23:47:32.148567760Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2006-2480"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2480"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2006-2480",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": null
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 410794,
  "published_at": "2006-05-19T21:02:00+00:00"
}