VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2009-4228
Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format, possibly related to the readfp_fig…
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.69%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.69%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format, possibly related to the readfp_fig function in f_read.c.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.69% probability · 76th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-399
- Affected
- xfig/xfig
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.