Out-of-Bounds Affecting transfig package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (23rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-TRANSFIG-1582239
  • published3 Sept 2021
  • disclosed10 Aug 2021

Introduced: 10 Aug 2021

CVE-2020-21684  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 transfig.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream transfig package and not the transfig package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

A global buffer overflow in the put_font in genpict2e.c of fig2dev 3.2.7b allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DOS) via converting a xfig file into pict2e format.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1