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CVE-2009-4227

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 10.60%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-12-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2009-4227
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
10.60%

Original NVD Description

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.