{"id":"CVE-2009-2850","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-2850","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:47:50.393Z","title":"Multiple buffer overflows in NASA Common Data Format (CDF) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using (1) an array index error in the ReadAEDRList64 function, and other errors in the (2) SearchForRecord_r_64, (3)…","description":"Multiple buffer overflows in NASA Common Data Format (CDF) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using (1) an array index error in the ReadAEDRList64 function, and other errors in the (2) SearchForRecord_r_64, (3) LastRecord64, (4) CDFsel64, and other unspecified functions.","published":"2009-08-18T21:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:10:21.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":9.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["nasa goddard space flight center/common data format"],"epss":{"score":0.0286,"percentile":0.86658,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.86%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_changesnote2.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_v330.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505123/30/0/threaded","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_changesnote2.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/CDF_v330.html","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/08/14/3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/505123/30/0/threaded","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2850","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}