Stack consumption vulnerability in the do_page_fault function in arch/x86/mm/fault.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.5 allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly gain privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger page faults on a machine that has a registered Kprobes probe.
Published 2009-02-17 17:30:06
Updated 2012-03-19 04:00:00
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowMemory CorruptionDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2009-0605

Threat overview for CVE-2009-0605

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-0605
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 52869
IPs affected by CVE-2009-0605 237,346
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0605

0.04%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 6 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2009-0605

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-2009-0605

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-0605

  • Red Hat 2009-02-19
    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of the Linux kernel as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5, or Red Hat Enterprise MRG.
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