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CVE-2009-2727
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _tt_internal_realpath function in the ToolTalk library (libtt.a) in IBM AIX 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.7 through…
High9.3EPSS 26.7%
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Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the _tt_internal_realpath function in the ToolTalk library (libtt.a) in IBM AIX 5.2.0, 5.3.0, 5.3.7 through 5.3.10, and 6.1.0 through 6.1.3, when the rpc.ttdbserver daemon is enabled in /etc/inetd.conf, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long XDR-encoded ASCII string to remote procedure 15.
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)
- 26.7% · top 2.0% 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 (15)
- IZ52843 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 35505 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/libtt_advisory.asc (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1620 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- IZ52848 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ52844 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- http://risesecurity.org/advisories/RISE-2009001.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- IZ52850 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ52847 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ52849 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- 35419 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- IZ52851 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ52842 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ52846 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_transferred
- IZ52845 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_AIXAPARx_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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