CVE catalog

CVE-2023-45920

xfig: CVE-2023-45920

Severity: Medium · CVSS 4.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Mar 27, 2024, 5:15:47 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.23% · Oct 25, 2026

Xfig v3.2.8 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference when calling XGetWMHints(). NOTE: this is disputed because it is not expected that an X application should continue to run when there is arbitrary anomalous behavior from the X server or window manager.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	xfig	sid	`1:3.2.9a-5`	fixed
Debian	xfig	forky	`1:3.2.9a-5`	fixed
Debian	xfig	trixie	`1:3.2.9a-3`	fixed
Debian	xfig	bookworm	`1:3.2.8b-2`	vulnerable
Suse	xfig	linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp5	`3.2.8a-4.6.1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	xfig	source	sid	`1:3.2.9-1`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xfig	source	forky	`1:3.2.9-1`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xfig	source	trixie	`1:3.2.9-1`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	xfig	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	Not reported
Suse	xfig	rpm	linux enterprise software development kit 12 sp5	`3.2.8a-4.6.1`	Not reported	SUSE-SU-2024:1196-1	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]