FKIE_CVE-2009-4227
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-12-08 18:30 - Updated: 2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_1_3_textobject function in f_readold.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier, and in the read_textobject function in read1_3.c in fig2dev in Transfig 3.2.5a and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
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