CVE-2025-46397
NixOS vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A stack overflow vulnerability was identified in fig2dev version 3.2.9a, specifically in the bezier_spline function. The vulnerability was initially reported on April 23, 2025, but was later rejected by Red Hat Product Security on April 30, 2025, determining that this CVE was not needed (NVD).

Technical details

The vulnerability was initially reported as a stack overflow issue in the bezier_spline function of fig2dev version 3.2.9a. It received a CVSS v3.1 score with the vector string AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N, indicating a High severity score of 7.1 (Ubuntu).

Impact

The vulnerability could potentially allow an attacker to execute code through local input manipulation via the bezier_spline function (NVD).

Exploitability

The vulnerability required local access with low attack complexity and low privileges, with no user interaction needed, as indicated by the CVSS vector string (Ubuntu).

Additional resources

Linux Distribution fix status

Fix availability across major Linux distributions and their releases.

Debian

Fixed

bookworm

fig2dev: 1:3.2.8b-3+deb12u2

Fixed

sid

fig2dev: 1:3.2.9a-4

Fixed

trixie

fig2dev: 1:3.2.9a-4

Fixed

RHEL / CentOS

Fixed

RHEL 8

:crb:transfig-1:3.2.6a-5.el8_10.src

Fixed

RHEL 9

:crb:transfig-1:3.2.7b-10.el9_4.1.src

Fixed

Alpine

Fixed

edge

fig2dev: 3.2.9a-r3

Fixed

v3.23

fig2dev: 3.2.9a-r2

Fixed

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