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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4228

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.

Products
xfig
Affected versions
1:3.2.8b-2, 1:3.2.9-1, 1:3.2.9-2, 1:3.2.9-3, 1:3.2.9-4, 1:3.2.9a-1, 1:3.2.9a-2, 1:3.2.9a-3, 1:3.2.9a-4, 1:3.2.9a-5
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2009-4228
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 23:33 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4228

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Dec 2009, 18:30 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4228

xfig

Fixed versions: Not specified

xfig

Fixed versions: Not specified

xfig

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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