CVE-2009-2688
Multiple integer overflows in glyphs-eimage.c in XEmacs 21.4.22, when running on Windows, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the tiff_instantiate function processing a crafted TIFF file, (2) the png_instantiate function processing a crafted PNG file, and (3) the jpeg_instantiate function processing a crafted JPEG file, all which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 8.6% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2681)
- Published
- August 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2681 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xemacs / xemacs
References
- http://osvdb.org/55298
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35348(Vendor Advisory)
- http://tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue534
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35473
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1666(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=275397
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=511994
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51332
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51333
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51334
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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