CVE-2009-4020

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 04 Dec 2009, 21:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 06:45

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.81% LOW
4% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Dec 2009, 21:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 06:45
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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 the hfs_readdir function in fs/hfs/dir.c.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.8AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.81%• Percentile: 88%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    2.6.32

References (15)