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Unscored CVE-2009-4228 EUVD-2009-4197GHSA-gvr2-hrmm-6ff5

Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application c…

Published Dec 8, 2009 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 xfig No fix yet —
Debian 13 xfig No fix yet —
Debian 12 xfig No fix yet —

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