CVE-2025-46398 (GCVE-0-2025-46398)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-04-23 20:55 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Xfig: fig2dev stack-overflow via read_objects
Summary
In xfig diagramming tool, a stack-overflow while running fig2dev allows memory corruption via local input manipulation via read_objects function.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-05-23 18:29 UTC
CWE
- CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46398 | vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2362055 | issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/191/ | |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025… |
Impacted products
5 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Affected:
0 , ≤ 3.2.9a
(semver)
|
||||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
|
||
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
|
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
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| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 |
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
|
Date Public
2025-04-23 20:55
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