CVE-2009-2286 (GCVE-0-2009-2286)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-01 12:26 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:44
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Buffer overflow in compface 1.5.2 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long declaration in a .xbm file. NOTE: this issue only affects compface on distributions that used a certain patch.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
5 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/03/1 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534973 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/29/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/29/4 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35863 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Date Public
2009-06-17 00:00
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