| Name | CVE-2023-45920 |
| Description | Xfig v3.2.8 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference when calling XGetWMHints(). NOTE: this is disputed because it is not expected that an X application should continue to run when there is arbitrary anomalous behavior from the X server or window manager. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, 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 Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| xfig (PTS) | bullseye | 1:3.2.8-3+deb11u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1:3.2.8b-2 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 1:3.2.9a-3 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 1:3.2.9a-4 | 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) | 1:3.2.9-1 | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/155/
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/xfig/ci/ec49cde00dbd6f7f45d8e386795079d5d636496f/
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact