CVE-2009-2688

NameCVE-2009-2688
DescriptionMultiple 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs540470

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
xemacs21 (PTS)buster21.4.24-8fixed
bullseye21.4.24-9fixed
bookworm21.4.24-11fixed
sid, trixie21.4.24-12fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xemacs21source(unstable)21.4.22-3low540470

Notes

[etch] - xemacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, obscure attack vector)
[lenny] - xemacs21 <no-dsa> (Minor issue, obscure attack vector)

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