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CVE-2017-16899

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-11-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-129

Description

An array index error in the fig2dev program in Xfig 3.2.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or information disclosure with a maliciously crafted Fig format file, related to a negative font value in dev/gentikz.c, and the read_textobject functions in read.c and read1_3.c.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
• Xfig Project Xfig: 3.2.6a

References

• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881143
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881143

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