CVE-2010-4262

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in Xfig 3.2.4 and 3.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a FIG image with a crafted color definition.

Published: 2010-12-17 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2010-4262 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.89%, 90th percentile). 6 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2010-4262

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2010-4262

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-07-20 5.83% 5.89% +0.07%
2 2025-06-18 4.38% 5.83% +1.45%
3 2025-03-30 — 4.38% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2010-4262

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2010-4262

OS Trackers for CVE-2010-4262

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2010-4262 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xfig), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4262
gentoo normal CVE-2010-4262: 1 GLSA(s) (201312-16), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/xfig); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-4262
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4262
ubuntu medium CVE-2010-4262 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (xfig), 22 status rows across 22 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 17, not-affected 3, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4262

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2010-4262

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xfig xfig 3.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xfig xfig 3.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:xfig:xfig:3.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2010-4262

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