CVE-2021-3561

fig2dev: Global buffer overflow in fig2dev/read.c in function read_objects

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · April 26, 2021

Updated · November 22, 2025

Description

An Out of Bounds flaw was found in fig2dev utility within transfig. An attacker could use this flaw and provide a crafted input to read_objects() probably resulting in a crash or in some cases memory corruption. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to integrity as well as system availability.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

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