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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-46400

high Nessus Plugin ID 255632

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - In xfig diagramming tool, a segmentation fault while running fig2dev allows an attacker to availability via local input manipulation via read_arcobject function. (CVE-2025-46400)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-46400

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 255632

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2025_46400.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/26/2025

Updated: 1/30/2026

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-46400

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:U/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:transfig, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:transfig

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/23/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-46400