CVE-2009-4227

Name	CVE-2009-4227
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.
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	559274

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
xfig (PTS)	buster	1:3.2.7a-3	fixed
	buster (security)	1:3.2.7a-3+deb10u1	fixed
	bullseye	1:3.2.8-3+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	1:3.2.8b-2	fixed
	trixie, sid	1:3.2.9-2	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
xfig	source	(unstable)	1:3.2.5.b-1	low		559274

[lenny] - xfig <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[etch] - xfig <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905