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    CVE-2009-4228

    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.

    Published:Dec 3, 2009
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Dec 8, 2009
    EPSS Score:0.00669
    CVSS Score:4.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Xfig
    Product
    Xfig

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High