CVE-2009-4227
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.5% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4196)
- Published
- December 8, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4196 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- xfig / xfig
- xfig / xfig
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37571(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37577(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/03/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37193(Exploit)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54525
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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