01 Record

CVE-2009-4227

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,

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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,

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 11.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 95.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2009-12-08 18:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-12-08

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e360770c67f3b65ea4b8f8dd3ea144a7a7907be3ed48b871b9afb5190de29855

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

xfigxfigNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com37577http://secunia.com/advisories/37577third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091203 CVE Request -- xfighttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/03/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com37193http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37193vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2011:010http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxfig-read13textobject-bo(54525)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/54525vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
www.vupen.comADV-2011-0108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905x_refsource_CONFIRM
secunia.com37571http://secunia.com/advisories/37571third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

xfig
Fixed in 1:3.2.5.b-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

xfig
Fixed in 1:3.2.5.b-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

xfig
Fixed in 1:3.2.5.b-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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