Bug 1800631 (CVE-2019-19555) - CVE-2019-19555 transfig: stack-based buffer overflow in read_textobject in read.c
Summary: CVE-2019-19555 transfig: stack-based buffer overflow in read_textobject in re...
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2019-19555
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 1800632 1804152 1804155
Blocks: 1800642
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Reported: 2020-02-07 15:21 UTC by Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz
Modified: 2023-12-13 13:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2023-12-13 13:36:40 UTC
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Description Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-02-07 15:21:01 UTC 
read_textobject in read.c in Xfig fig2dev 3.2.7b has a stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf.

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https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/55/
Comment 1 Guilherme de Almeida Suckevicz 2020-02-07 15:21:19 UTC 
Created transfig tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1800632]
Comment 2 Stefan Cornelius 2020-02-18 10:31:25 UTC 
Patch:
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/fig2dev/ci/19db5fe6f77ebad91af4b4ef0defd61bd0bb358f/
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