National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-4262

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in Xfig 3.2.4 and 3.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a FIG image with a crafted color definition.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659676

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659676

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2010-18589

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052247.html

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657981

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=657981

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0108

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0108

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-3232

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3232

External Source: BID

Name: 45177

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45177

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20101206 Re: CVE Request -- Xfig: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing FIG image with crafted color definition

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/8

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20101203 CVE Request -- Xfig: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing FIG image with crafted color definition

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/2

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2011:010

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:010

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42579

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42579