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CVE-2009-2175

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4,...

4.3 Medium

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Exploit likelihood

3.15%Down 2.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
CVE-2009-2175
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
CVE-2009-2175
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2009-2171 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
EUVD-2009-2171
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hm96-mjfj-5g75 No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4,...

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
GHSA-hm96-mjfj-5g75
Weakness
CWE-119
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV No score

Stack-based buffer overflow in the flattenIncrementally function in flatten.c in xcftools 1.0.4, as reachable from the (1) xcf2pnm and (2) xcf2png utilities, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image that causes a conversion to a location "above or to the left of the canvas." NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Record
CVE-2009-2175
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

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In short

CVE-2009-2175 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Henning Makholm Xcftools, published June 23, 2009. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.15%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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