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Status published
Medium
CVE-2009-2286
Buffer overflow in compface 1.5.2 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
Affected Vendor
james ashton
View all reports →Affected Software
compface
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.4, 1.5, 1.5.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
July 1st, 2009
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.