4.3

CVE-2009-4228: xfig Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-4228
Published 08-12-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4228 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in xfig. EPSS estimates a 1.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.76%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

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

Description

Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format, possibly related to the readfp_fig function in f_read.c.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.76%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

78%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 1.69% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
1.76%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • xfigAll versions (No fix recorded)
Xfig1 product
  • xfig≤ 3.2.5b | 3.2.4 | 3.2.5

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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