UBUNTU-CVE-2009-4227
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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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4227, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4227
Affected packages
Package
Name: xfig
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/xfig@1:3.2.5.c-7?arch=source&distro=xenial
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -1:3.2.5.c-7
Affected versions
1:3.2.5.c-5
1:3.2.5.c-6
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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User Interaction
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Integrity
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Availability
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