Created attachment 463393 [details] .FIG file that shows the problem Description of problem: xfig has a buffer overflow, when opening .fig files with malicious colour definitions. It will cause crashes and potential execution of arbitrary code. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 3.2.4-21.3 How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start xfig with the attached file as a parameter on the command line, or start xfig and open the attached file. 2. 3. Actual results: Segmentation fault Expected results: Normal open Additional info: -- Frank | Underground Stockholm | http://underground-stockholm.com/
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-4262 is the primary bug we are dealing (and which should be referenced to) wrt to dealing with this security flaw. Closing this one. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 659676 ***