CVE-2009-4228
EPSS 0.67%
Description
Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format, possibly related to the readfp_fig function in f_read.c.
How to fix CVE-2009-4228
No fixed version has been published yet. Mitigate by removing the affected package or applying upstream guidance from the references below.
- Debian/xfig—no fix listed
Is CVE-2009-4228 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
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