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CVE-2010-4262

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4262 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Xfig versions 3.2.4 and 3.2.5. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted FIG image containing a malicious color definition. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a medium severity, requiring user interaction (AC:M) but no authentication (Au:N), and could lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:P/I:P/A:P). Despite its age, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0582 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (5)

fedorapatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: xfig
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: xfig
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xfig

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4262Low

Xfig: Stack-based buffer overflow by processing certain FIG images

Nov 28, 2010

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052247.html
ExploitPatch
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Exploit
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
ExploitPatch
secunia.com / advisories/42579
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/2
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2010/12/06/8
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/45177
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2010/3232
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2011/0108