CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-2286

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2009-07-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-07-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• james ashton compface (<= 1.5.2) • james ashton compface 1.4 • james ashton compface 1.5 • james ashton compface 1.5.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References