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…

published December 8, 2009

CVSS
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EPSS
11%
Percentile
96.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.11499 · 96.0th percentile
Published
2009-12-08T18:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 DEC 18:00Z
    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…
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