Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2009· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2009-2688
CVE-2009-2688
Description
Multiple integer overflows in glyphs-eimage.c in XEmacs 21.4.22, when running on Windows, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the tiff_instantiate function processing a crafted TIFF file, (2) the png_instantiate function processing a crafted PNG file, and (3) the jpeg_instantiate function processing a crafted JPEG file, all which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE: the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained solely from third party information.
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References
10- secunia.com/advisories/35348nvdVendor Advisory
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1666nvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/55298nvd
- tracker.xemacs.org/XEmacs/its/issue534nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35473nvd
- bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cginvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51332nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51333nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51334nvd
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