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) source-code tokens and (2) pathnames, related to integer
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 6.76% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-05-05 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 04:24Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-01-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 82c4b98537aebc5c1b62d24db876041c9d98433952fa85af25df25b9d9d353fa
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090506 Re: Old cscope buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9
- secunia.com35462http://secunia.com/advisories/35462
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1101http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
- sourceforge.net[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, 1.5http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=E1LsGx3-00015K-TN%40ddv4jf1.ch3.sourceforge.com&forum_name=cscope-cvs
- secunia.com35074http://secunia.com/advisories/35074
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2009-05-12http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1238http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1238
- secunia.com35214http://secunia.com/advisories/35214
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1102http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1102.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200905-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
- www.us-cert.govTA09-133Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html
- secunia.com35213http://secunia.com/advisories/35213
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-1297http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297
- www.securityfocus.com34805http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34805
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=947983
- www.securitytracker.com1022218http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022218
- www.debian.orgDSA-1806http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1806
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9633https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9633
- secunia.com34978http://secunia.com/advisories/34978
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=4664&release_id=679527
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=490667
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cscope Fixed in 15.7a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cscope Fixed in 15.7a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cscope Fixed in 15.7a-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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