CVE-2009-4227
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4227
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2009-4227.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2009-4227
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2009-12-08T18:30:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:40:59Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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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- http://secunia.com/advisories/37571
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37577
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37193
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/03/2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54525