Vulnerability CVE-2009-4227
Published: 2009-12-08   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
XFIG -> XFIG 

 References:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/54525
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37193
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/03/2
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010
http://secunia.com/advisories/37577
http://secunia.com/advisories/37571
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
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