Buffer overflow in James Ashton Compface
CVE-2009-2286
Buffer overflow in compface 1.5.2 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long declaration in a .xbm file. NOTE: this issue only affects compface on distributions that used a certain patch.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.031 (87.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.031 · newest: 0.031 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- James Ashton Compface — versions 1.4, 1.5, 1.5.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/07/03/1 (mailing-list)
- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/29/2 (mailing-list)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/29/4 (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/35863 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2286?
- CVE-2009-2286 is a vulnerability in James Ashton Compface, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2009-07-01.
- Is CVE-2009-2286 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.