VulnerabilityModified
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 execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2) symbol in a source-code file.
HIGH 9.3EPSS 7.50%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 7.50% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- cscope/cscope
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19Patch
- http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35213
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666Exploit, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50366
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9837
- http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19Patch
- http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19
- http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35213
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/06/9
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1101.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=189666Exploit, Patch
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=499174Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50366
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9837
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.