cve/2009/CVE-2009-4227.md

### [CVE-2009-4227](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4227)
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### Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the read_1_3_textobject function in f_readold.c in Xfig 3.2.5b and earlier, and in the read_textobject function in read1_3.c in fig2dev in Transfig 3.2.5a and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string in a malformed .fig file that uses the 1.3 file format.  NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559274
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=543905

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.