UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19555

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2019-19555

    Published: 4 Dec 2019Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2019-19555
    Aliases:
    USN-5864-1

    Summary:

    Details: read_textobject in read.c in Xfig fig2dev 3.2.7b has a stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-19555, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5864-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19555

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: transfig

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/transfig@1:3.2.5.e-5ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    1:3.2.5.e-4
    1:3.2.5.e-5
    1:3.2.5.e-5ubuntu0.1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High