SB2025110347 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Xfig
Published: November 3, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-46398)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the read_objects() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) Stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-46397)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error within the bezier_spline() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file, trigger a stack-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
3) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-46400)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the read_arcobject() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and crash the application.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46398
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2362055
- https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/191/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46397
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2362058
- https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/192/
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-46400
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2362054
- https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/187/