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.
Published: 2009-12-08
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-4197 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:54:10.186Z

Reserved: 2009-12-08T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-4228

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-12-08T18:30:00.327

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

Link: CVE-2009-4228

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-12-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-4228 - Bugzilla

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