CVE-2009-4227
Publication date 8 December 2009
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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xfig | 20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Not affected
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release | |