Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 23, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-2175
CVE-2009-2175
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.
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Affected products
3- cpe:2.3:a:henning_makholm:xcftools:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
8- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvdPatch
- secunia.com/advisories/35397nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1638nvdVendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050526.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050542.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050562.htmlnvd
- osvdb.org/55187nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/43883nvd
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