PT-2009-6389 · Transfig+1 · Transfig+1

Jan Lieskovsky · Published 2009-12-08 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2009-4227

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Xfig version 3.2.5b and earlier Transfig version 3.2.5a and earlier

Description The issue is related to a stack-based buffer overflow in certain functions, specifically read 1 3 textobject in Xfig and read textobject in Transfig, when processing a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format. This could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations For Xfig version 3.2.5b and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue. For Transfig version 3.2.5a and earlier, consider updating to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the read 1 3 textobject function in Xfig and the read textobject function in Transfig until a patch is available. Avoid using the 1.3 file format in .fig files until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-4227

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10483-1

Affected Products

Transfig

Xfig

References · 20

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/37193 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/33388 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37577 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4227 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-4227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2009-4227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10483-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4227 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4227 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4227 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37571 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4227 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-1962 · Note