CVE-2021-3561

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3561
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-26 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-26 18:00:00 UTC
DescriptionAn Out of Bounds flaw was found fig2dev version 3.2.8a. A flawed bounds check in read_objects() could allow an attacker to provide a crafted malicious input causing the application to either crash or in some cases cause memory corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity as well as system availability.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Application Fig2dev Project Fig2dev 3.2.8 a All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: transfig-3.2.8a-2.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: transfig-3.2.8a-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
Xfig / Tickets / #116 [Security] global-buffer-overflow of fig2dev/read.c in function read_objects MISC sourceforge.net
[SECURITY] [DLA 2778-1] fig2dev security update MLIST lists.debian.org
1955675 – (CVE-2021-3561) CVE-2021-3561 fig2dev: Global buffer overflow in fig2dev/read.c in function read_objects MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
Xfig / fig2dev / Commit [6827c0] MISC sourceforge.net
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: transfig-3.2.8a-2.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: transfig-3.2.8a-2.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MISC lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 178818 Debian Security Update for fig2dev (DLA 2778-1)
  • 179524 Debian Security Update for fig2dev (CVE-2021-3561)
  • 199172 Ubuntu Security Notification for Fig2dev Vulnerabilities (USN-5864-1)
  • 281489 Fedora Security Update for transfig (FEDORA-2021-b71f405f40)
  • 281490 Fedora Security Update for transfig (FEDORA-2021-dab56300b1)
  • 352455 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for transfig: ALAS2-2021-1682
  • 750886 OpenSUSE Security Update for transfig (openSUSE-SU-2021:2454-1)
  • 750948 OpenSUSE Security Update for transfig (openSUSE-SU-2021:1143-1)
  • 751142 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for transfig (SUSE-SU-2021:3124-1)
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