CVE-2009-3641Snort before 2.8.5.1, when the -v option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 38.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Snort before 2.8.5.1, when the -v option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted IPv6 packet that uses the (1) TCP or (2) ICMP protocol.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Snort 2.8.5 - IPv6 Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 9969dos, multiplepublished 23 Oct 2009Verified
- Snort 2.8.5 - Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 33306dos, linuxpublished 22 Oct 2009Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 19 days later
· 19 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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.8% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References12
- 59159 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 36795 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 1023076 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://dl.snort.org/snort-current/release_notes_2851.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37135 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091025 CVE Request -- Snort - 2.8.5.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://vrt-sourcefire.blogspot.com/2009/10/snort-2851-release.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- snort-ipv6-dos(53912) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20091025 SANS: Security Thought LeadersRe: CVE Request -- Snort - 2.8.5.1 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20091022 Snort <= 2.8.5 IPV6 Remote DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530863 (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-2009-3616 (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-2009-3641)Record last updated .