FKIE_CVE-2018-16140

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2018-08-30 01:29 - Updated: 2026-06-17 01:43
Severity
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A buffer underwrite vulnerability in get_line() (read.c) in fig2dev 3.2.7a allows an attacker to write prior to the beginning of the buffer via a crafted .fig file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00018.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/28/Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/3760-1/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00018.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/28/Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/3760-1/Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04
fig2dev_project fig2dev 3.2.7a
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