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CVE-2009-0544
Buffer overflow in the PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code…
High10.0EPSS 11.5%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.5% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- MDVSA-2009:050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- pycrypto-arc2module-bo(48617) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d1c4875e1f220652fe7ff8358f56dee3b2aba31b (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090207 CVE Request: pycrypto (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 35065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fd73731dfad451a81056fbb01e09aa78ab82eb5d (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34199 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33674 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090212 Re: CVE Request: pycrypto (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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