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CVE-2009-4227

medium · 6.8

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.

6.8
CVSS
10.6%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2009-12-08
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
xfigxfig<= 3.2.5b
xfigxfig3.2.5

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References

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