CVE-2009-1476
Buffer overflow in lib/load_http.c in ippool in Darren Reed IPFilter (aka IP Filter) 4.1.31 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a long hostname in a URL.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in lib/load_http.c in ippool in Darren Reed IPFilter (aka IP Filter) 4.1.31 allows local users to gain privileges via vectors involving a long hostname in a URL.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.47% probability · 41th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- darren reed/ipfilter
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/dist/ipf/lib/load_http.c
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/dist/ipf/lib/load_http.c.diff?r1=1.1&r2=1.2&f=h
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/62Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35076
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022272
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50716
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/dist/ipf/lib/load_http.c
- http://cvsweb.netbsd.org/bsdweb.cgi/src/dist/ipf/lib/load_http.c.diff?r1=1.1&r2=1.2&f=h
- http://securityreason.com/achievement_securityalert/62Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35076
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022272
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50716
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.