01 Record
CVE-2009-4020
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Hierarchical File System (HFS) filesystem, related to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the hfs subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.6.32 allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via a crafted Hierarchical File System (HFS) filesystem, related to
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
- 4.75% 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
- 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
- Low. 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
- 2009-12-04 21:00Z16 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-11-20
- 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
- 44a5e21646b58c77bd41d37e540813ec7671383ba2ffdf2cd359a31eff168830
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info[linux-mm-commits] 20091203 + hfs-fix-a-potential-buffer-overflow.patch added to -mm treehttp://marc.info/?l=linux-mm-commits&m=125987755823047&w=2
- secunia.com38276http://secunia.com/advisories/38276
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10091https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10091
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100073666
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20091204 CVE-2009-4020 kernel: hfs buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/04/1
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6750https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6750
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=540736
- userweb.kernel.orghttp://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/hfs-fix-a-potential-buffer-overflow.patch
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:019http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-03/msg00007.html
- www.novell.comSUSE-SA:2010:023http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2010_23_kernel.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0095https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html
- secunia.com39742http://secunia.com/advisories/39742
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2010:005http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0046https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2005http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005