CVE-2019-19555 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

read_textobject in read.c in Xfig fig2dev 3.2.7b has a stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00265.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xfig_project:xfig:3.2.7:b:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Xfig Project Subscribe	Xfig Subscribe

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-2073-1	transfig security update
EUVD	EUVD-2019-9173	read_textobject in read.c in Xfig fig2dev 3.2.7b has a stack-based buffer overflow because of an incorrect sscanf.
Ubuntu USN	USN-5864-1	Fig2dev vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00018.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19555
https://sourceforge.net/p/mcj/tickets/55/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19555

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00124}`	epss `{'score': 0.00095}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2019-12-04T16:19:22.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T02:16:48.551Z

Reserved: 2019-12-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-19555

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-04T17:16:44.040

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:34:57.580

Link: CVE-2019-19555

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-04-12T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-19555 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

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