CVE-2009-4227

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    CVE-2009-4227

    Published: 8 Dec 2009Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/37571, http://secunia.com/advisories/37577, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37193, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/03/2, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54525

    Affected packages

    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