Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-0031

Memory leak in the keyctl_join_session_keyring function (security/keys/keyctl.c) in Linux kernel 2.6.29-rc2 and earlier allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel memory consumption) via unknown vectors related to a "missing kfree."
Published 2009-01-21 02:30:00
Updated 2023-02-13 02:19:38
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2009-0031

Threat overview for CVE-2009-0031

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-0031
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 52869
IPs affected by CVE-2009-0031 194,078
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0031

EPSS FAQ
0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 8 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-0031

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.9
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
3.9
6.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-0031

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2009-0031

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