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CVE-2009-1250
The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows…
High7.8EPSS 4.0%
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Description
The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (14)
- ADV-2011-0117 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-002.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0984 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:099 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 34404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 36310 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34655 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-1768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ID71123 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396389 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201101-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 34684 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 42896 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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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