CVE-2009-1577
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2)
02 Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2)
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
- 7.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.4% 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
- 2009-05-07 17:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:20Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-05-06
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- 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
- 2a4e5b77012c520e32a831ab7ab0ab00db141291185c0f4b068d2789e14fb47c
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
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9837https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9837
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:1101http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
- cvs.fedoraproject.orghttp://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch
- cscope.cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19
- cscope.cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090505 Old cscope buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200905-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcscope-findc-bo(50366)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50366
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174
- secunia.com35213http://secunia.com/advisories/35213
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20090506 Re: Old cscope buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/10
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cscope Fixed in 15.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cscope Fixed in 15.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cscope Fixed in 15.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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