CVE-2023-45920

NameCVE-2023-45920
DescriptionXfig 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.
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
xfig (PTS)bullseye1:3.2.8-3+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm1:3.2.8b-2vulnerable
sid, trixie1:3.2.9-4fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
xfigsource(unstable)1:3.2.9-1unimportant

Notes

https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/155/
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/xfig/ci/ec49cde00dbd6f7f45d8e386795079d5d636496f/
Crash in CLI tool, no security impact

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