CVE-2020-21680

NameCVE-2020-21680
DescriptionA stack-based buffer overflow in the put_arrow() component in genpict2e.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into pict2e format.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
fig2dev (PTS)buster1:3.2.7a-5+deb10u4vulnerable (unimportant)
buster (security)1:3.2.7a-5+deb10u5vulnerable (unimportant)
bullseye1:3.2.8-3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm1:3.2.8b-3fixed
sid, trixie1:3.2.9-3fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
fig2devsource(unstable)1:3.2.8-1unimportant
transfigsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/74/
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/fig2dev/ci/3165d86c31c6323913239fdc6460be6ababd3826/ (3.2.8)
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/fig2dev/ci/100e2789f8106f9cc0f7e4319c4ee7bda076c3ac/ (3.2.8)
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact

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