CVE-2021-40241 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

xfig 3.2.7 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.

Published: 2022-10-31

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xfig_project:xfig:3.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3353-1	xfig security update
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27425	xfig 3.2.7 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00401.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=992395
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/03/msg00005.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40241
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-40241

History

Wed, 07 May 2025 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Xfig Project Xfig

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-07T13:43:45.932Z

Reserved: 2021-08-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40241

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:27:31.869Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-31T16:15:10.547

Modified: 2025-05-07T14:15:29.250

Link: CVE-2021-40241

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2022-10-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-40241 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-120

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