TI-2009-04012 Aliases CVE-2009-4228 GHSA-gvr2-hrmm-6ff5

Stack consumption vulnerability in u_bound.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier allows remote…

LOW 24CWE-399Published 2009-12-08 · Updated 2024-08-07

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: 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-399 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01762 78th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig::::::::	up to 3.2.5b	Vulnerable	xfig
cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.4:::::::*	3.2.4	Vulnerable	xfig
cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.5:::::::*	3.2.5	Vulnerable	xfig

cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.2.5b Vulnerable ·xfig
cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.4 Vulnerable ·xfig
cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.2.5 Vulnerable ·xfig

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2009-4228
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gvr2-hrmm-6ff5

References

Advisory 1

MDVSA-2011:010

Other 3

TI-2009-04011 Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_1_3_textobject function in f_readold.c in Xfig… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2010-04011 Stack-based buffer overflow in Xfig 3.2.4 and 3.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2009-01870 Xfig, possibly 3.2.5, allows local users to read and write arbitrary files via a symlink… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.4

Sources

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