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CVE-2009-0148
Multiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in input such as (1)…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 6.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in input such as (1) source-code tokens and (2) pathnames, related to integer overflows in some cases. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2004-2541.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.8% · top 5.9% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References22
- [oss-security] 20090506 Re: Old cscope buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 35462 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [cscope-cvs] 20090410 CVS: cscope/src snprintf.c, NONE, 1.1 build.c, 1.14, 1.15 command.c, 1.32, 1.33 dir.c, 1.30, 1.31 display.c, 1.29, 1.30 edit.c, 1.6, 1.7 exec.c, 1.11, 1.12 find.c, 1.20, 1.21 global.h, 1.36, 1.37 main.c, 1.45, 1.46 Makefile.am, 1.12, 1.13 Makefile.in, 1.15, 1.16 vpaccess.c, 1.2, 1.3 vpfopen.c, 1.3, 1.4 vpopen.c, 1.4, 1.5 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 35074 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 35214 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1102 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-200905-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- TA09-133A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- 35213 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1297 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34805 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=947983 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1022218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- DSA-1806 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9633 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 34978 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=4664&release_id=679527 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490667 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-0157 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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