cve/2017/CVE-2017-16899.md

### [CVE-2017-16899](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16899)
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### Description

An array index error in the fig2dev program in Xfig 3.2.6a allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service attack or information disclosure with a maliciously crafted Fig format file, related to a negative font value in dev/gentikz.c, and the read_textobject functions in read.c and read1_3.c.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=881143

#### Github
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