CVE-2009-3547

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

4.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Important. 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.

Published

2009-11-04 15:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:31Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-10-05

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-672Operation on a Resource after Expiration or ReleaseClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4b08683b4365f092a76353e11af590fdd1f81e670d8acaf39878031e6ef52acd

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