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TI-2009-02082 Aliases CVE-2009-2175GHSA-hm96-mjfj-5g75

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools…

Priority LOW 26CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Medium
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Partial
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03148 88th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:henning_makholm:xcftools:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.0.4VulnerableHenning Makholm
  • cpe:2.3:a:henning_makholm:xcftools:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.0.4 Vulnerable ·Henning Makholm

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-2175
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hm96-mjfj-5g75

References

Patch 1

Advisory 4

Other 1

Sources

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