CVE-2009-2175
Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.1% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2171)
- Published
- June 23, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2171 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- henning makholm / xcftools
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533361(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050526.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050542.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050562.html
- http://osvdb.org/55187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35397(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43883
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1638(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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