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CVE-2009-2286
Buffer overflow in compface 1.5.2 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long declaration…
Medium4.3EPSS 3.1%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in compface 1.5.2 and earlier allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long declaration in a .xbm file. NOTE: this issue only affects compface on distributions that used a certain patch.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (5)
- [oss-security] 20090703 Re: CVE id request: compface (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=534973 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090629 CVE id request: compface (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090629 Re: CVE id request: compface (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 35863 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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