CVE-2009-4227: xfig

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4227 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability in xfig. EPSS estimates a 11.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 08-12-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.