CVE-2009-1250
The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days 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 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References14
- ADV-2011-0117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-002.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0984 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 34404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 36310 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34655 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ID71123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396389 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201101-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 34684 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 42896 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2009-1249 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2009-1250)Record last updated .