CVE-2009-4227

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-12-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected products

Xfig: through 3.2.5b; 3.2.5

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
http://secunia.com/advisories/37571
http://secunia.com/advisories/37577
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
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54525
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
http://secunia.com/advisories/37571
http://secunia.com/advisories/37577

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