What is CVE-2019-19555?

CVE-2019-19555 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xfig Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-12-04.

How severe is CVE-2019-19555?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Xfig Project

CVE-2019-19555

read_textobject in read.c in Xfig fig2dev 3.2.7b has a stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-12-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Xfig Project — versions 3.2.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/55/ (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00018.html (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-19555?: CVE-2019-19555 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xfig Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-12-04.
How severe is CVE-2019-19555?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.