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CVE-2010-4262

Stack-based buffer overflow in Xfig 3.2.4 and 3.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a FIG image with a crafted color definition.

Published:Nov 28, 2010

Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025

EPS:Dec 17, 2010

EPSS Score:0.05892

CVSS Score:6.8

Affected Products

Vendor

Product

Action

Vendor

Xfig

Product

Xfig

Xfig

Xfig

Exploits

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052247.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45177 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657981 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659676 http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052247.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/8 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45177 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657981 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659676

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-121 Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

CAPEC-10 Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables

CAPEC-100 Overflow Buffers

CAPEC-123 Buffer Manipulation

CAPEC-14 Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow

CAPEC-24 Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow

CAPEC-42 MIME Conversion

CAPEC-44 Overflow Binary Resource File

CAPEC-45 Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links

CAPEC-46 Overflow Variables and Tags

CAPEC-47 Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion

CAPEC-8 Buffer Overflow in an API Call

CAPEC-9 Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

Related CVEs

CVE-2009-4228 (CVSS 4.3) — Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a den…

CVE-2009-4227 (CVSS 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…

CVE-2009-1962 (CVSS 4.4) — Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) xfi…

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052247.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/42579

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/8

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45177

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3232

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657981

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659676

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052247.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/42579

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/2

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/8

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45177

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3232

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657981

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659676

Common Vulnerability Scoring System

Attack Vector

Network

Adjacent

Local

Physical

Privileges Required

None

Low

High

User Interaction

None

Required

Scope

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Changed

Confidentiality

None

Low

High

Integrity

None

Low

High

Availability

None

Low

High