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CVE-2017-16899

N/A
Published: November 20, 2017 at 06:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:10 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxXfig

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

An array index error in the fig2dev program in Xfig 3.2.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or information disclosure with a maliciously crafted Fig format file, related to a negative font value in dev/gentikz.c, and the read_textobject functions in read.c and read1_3.c.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881143

CVSS

5.8MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-129

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