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TI-2009-02570 Aliases CVE-2009-2688GHSA-jvwc-xf39-g9w4

Multiple integer overflows in glyphs-eimage.c in XEmacs 21.4.22, when running on Windows…

Priority MEDIUM 54CWE-189Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-189 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in glyphs-eimage.c in XEmacs 21.4.22, when running on Windows, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the tiff_instantiate function processing a crafted TIFF file, (2) the png_instantiate function processing a crafted PNG file, and (3) the jpeg_instantiate function processing a crafted JPEG file, all which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.08636 95th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

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:xemacs:xemacs:21.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*21.4.22VulnerableXemacs
  • cpe:2.3:a:xemacs:xemacs:21.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.4.22 Vulnerable ·Xemacs

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-2688
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jvwc-xf39-g9w4
  3. 2026-10-13 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile

References

Advisory 1

Other 4

  • TI-2001-01254 rcs2log, as used in Emacs 20.4, xemacs 21.1.10 and other versions before 21.4, and… CVSS 2.0LOW 1.2

Sources

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