CVE-2010-4262

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2010-12-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Xfig 3.2.4 and 3.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a FIG image with a crafted color definition.

Affected products

Xfig: 3.2.4, 3.2.5

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052247.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42579
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45177
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3232
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657981
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659676
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052247.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/42579

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