Buffer overflow in Openafs

CVE-2009-1251

Heap-based buffer overflow in the cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58 on Unix platforms allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an RX response containing more data than specified in a request, related to use of XDR arrays.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.064 (93.5th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2009-1251: held from 0.064 to 0.064.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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