Vigil@nce - Xfig: buffer overflow via read_colordef
March 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: Fedora.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: user access/rights, denial of service on service,
denial of service on client.
Provenance: document.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 27/01/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can trigger a buffer overflow via read_colordef() of
Xfig, in order to trigger a denial of service, and possibly to run
code.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Xfig-buffer-overflow-via-read-colordef-31433