CVE-2009-4228 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Xfig application by tricking users into opening a malformed .fig file with a long string.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2009-4228?
CVE-2009-4228 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Dec 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-4228?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xfig Xfig.
How do I fix CVE-2009-4228?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-4228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2009-4228 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4228 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4228, GHSA-gvr2-hrmm-6ff5.