xfig fig2dev 3.2.9a read_objects stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in xfig fig2dev 3.2.9a and classified as critical. This affects the function read_objects. Such manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-46398. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in xfig fig2dev 3.2.9a. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function read_objects. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In xfig diagramming tool, a stack-overflow while running fig2dev allows memory corruption via local input manipulation via read_objects function.

The advisory is shared for download at sourceforge.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-46398 since 04/23/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 235037 (Debian dla-4147 : fig2dev - security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (235037) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-12157). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 235037
Nessus Name: Debian dla-4147 : fig2dev - security update

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Advisory: 191
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-46398 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-46398
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-306044
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Entryinfo

Created: 04/24/2025 00:09
Updated: 01/08/2026 05:38
Changes: 04/24/2025 00:09 (63), 05/01/2025 06:40 (2), 05/15/2025 14:20 (8), 06/17/2025 19:40 (1), 10/17/2025 00:00 (11), 01/08/2026 05:38 (2)
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