Buffer overflow in Xfig
CVE-2009-4227
Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_1_3_textobject function in f_readold.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier, and in the read_textobject function in read1_3.c in fig2dev in Transfig 3.2.5a and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.106 (95.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.106 · newest: 0.106 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xfig — versions 3.2.5
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/37577 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/03/2 (mailing-list)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/37193 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54525 (vdb-entry)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108 (vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
- secunia.com/advisories/37571 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)