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CVE-2009-1577
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to…
High9.3EPSS 7.5%
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- redhat
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2) symbol in a source-code file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.5% · top 5.5% 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 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (13)
- [oss-security] 20090506 Re: Old cscope buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9837 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1101 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090505 Old cscope buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- GLSA-200905-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- cscope-findc-bo(50366) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 35213 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090506 Re: Old cscope buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
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- 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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