CVE-2009-2175
EPSS 3.2%
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.
How to fix CVE-2009-2175
To remediate CVE-2009-2175, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/xcftools—upgrade to 1.0.7-1 or later
Is CVE-2009-2175 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.0.7-1