ubuntu-cve-2009-4227
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2009-12-08 18:30
Modified
2025-07-16 04:49
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "xfig",
            "binary_version": "1:3.2.5.c-7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xfig-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1:3.2.5.c-7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xfig-doc",
            "binary_version": "1:3.2.5.c-7"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "xfig-libs",
            "binary_version": "1:3.2.5.c-7"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "xfig",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/xfig@1:3.2.5.c-7?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1:3.2.5.c-7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1:3.2.5.c-5",
        "1:3.2.5.c-6"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2009-4227",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:49:55Z",
  "published": "2009-12-08T18:30:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4227"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4227"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2009-4227"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:39Z"
}



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