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title: "CVE-2009-2688\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2688

Publication date 5 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple integer overflows in glyphs-eimage.c in XEmacs 21.4.22, when
running on Windows, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash) or execute arbitrary code via (1) the tiff\_instantiate function
processing a crafted TIFF file, (2) the png\_instantiate function processing
a crafted PNG file, and (3) the jpeg\_instantiate function processing a
crafted JPEG file, all which trigger a heap-based buffer overflow. NOTE:
the provenance of this information is unknown; the details are obtained
solely from third party information.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| xemacs21 | 13.10 saucy | Not affected |
| 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| 9.10 karmic | Ignored end of life |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2688)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2688)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2688)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2688)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2688>