| Name | CVE-2009-2688 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 540470 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xemacs21 (PTS) | bullseye | 21.4.24-9 | fixed |
| bookworm | 21.4.24-11 | fixed |
| sid | 21.4.24-12 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| xemacs21 | source | (unstable) | 21.4.22-3 | low | | 540470 |
Notes
[etch] - xemacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, obscure attack vector)
[lenny] - xemacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, obscure attack vector)