Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Published: 2009-06-23
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 3.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-2171 Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
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Henning Makholm Xcftools
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:44:55.305Z

Reserved: 2009-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2175

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-06-23T21:30:00.343

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2009-2175

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