CVE-2009-2175

xcftools 1.0.4 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow in flattenIncrementally Function

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References (8)

Core 8
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050542.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43883
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050562.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/55187
Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1638
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35397
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050526.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0315
EPSS Percentile 86.4%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
henning_makholm/xcftools 1.0.4
Published Jun 23, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026