Vulnerability Details : CVE-2009-4138

drivers/firewire/ohci.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.32-git9, when packet-per-buffer mode is used, allows local users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) or possibly have unknown other impact via an unspecified ioctl associated with receiving an ISO packet that contains zero in the payload-length field.
Published 2009-12-16 19:30:01
Updated 2023-02-13 02:20:45
Source Red Hat, Inc.
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Memory CorruptionDenial of service

Products affected by CVE-2009-4138

Threat overview for CVE-2009-4138

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2009-4138
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 52869
IPs affected by CVE-2009-4138 235,117
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-4138

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-2009-4138

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
4.7
 MEDIUM AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
3.4
6.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2009-4138

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

Vendor statements for CVE-2009-4138

  • Red Hat 2010-01-21
    Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/CVE-2009-4138 The Linux kernel packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 have a different (and older) implementation of the driver for OHCI 1394 controllers, which is not affected by this issue. It was addressed in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 via https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0046.html A future kernel update for Red Hat Enterprise MRG will address this flaw.

References for CVE-2009-4138

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