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CVE-2009-2175
Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2)…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.1%
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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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=533361 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-17035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 43883 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-17004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 55187 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1638 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35397 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-17041 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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