What is CVE-2009-5041?

CVE-2009-5041 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Debian Overkill, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2009-5041?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Debian Overkill

CVE-2009-5041

overkill has buffer overflow via long player names that can corrupt data on the server machine

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2019-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (67.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 67.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Debian Overkill

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5041 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-5041?: CVE-2009-5041 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Debian Overkill, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2009-5041?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.