Vulnerability in Xemacs
CVE-2009-2688
Multiple integer overflows in glyphs-eimage.c in XEmacs 21.4.22, when running on Windows, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the tiff_instantiate function processing a crafted TIFF file, (2) the png_instantiate function processing a crafted PNG file, and (3) the jpeg_instantiate function processing a crafted JPEG file, all which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.086 (94.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 94.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.086 · newest: 0.086 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xemacs — versions 21.4.22
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/35348 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51334 (vdb-entry)
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
- tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue534
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35473 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1666 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- osvdb.org/55298 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51332 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51333 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2688?
- CVE-2009-2688 is a vulnerability in Xemacs, classified under CWE-189. Published 2009-08-05.
- Is CVE-2009-2688 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.