CVE-2009-0148

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-0148
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-05 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in input such as (1) source-code tokens and (2) pathnames, related to integer overflows in some cases. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2004-2541.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cscope Cscope 13.0 All All All
Application Cscope Cscope 15.0bl2 All All All
Application Cscope Cscope 15.1 All All All
Application Cscope Cscope 15.3 All All All
Application Cscope Cscope 15.4 All All All
Application Cscope Cscope 15.5 All All All
Application Cscope Cscope 15.6 All All All
Application Cscope Cscope 15.7 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Mac OS X CFF Font and Cscope Source File Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Cscope Multiple Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for cscope - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
APPLE-SA-2009-05-12 Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
About the security content of Security Update 2009-002 / Mac OS X v10.5.7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.apple.com
Page not found - SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1806-1 cscope af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Cscope Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian update for cscope - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: Old cscope buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
cscope / Thread: [Cscope-cvs] CVS: cscope/src snprintf.c, NONE, 1.1 build.c, 1.14, 1.15 command.c, 1.32, 1.33... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
cscope download | SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net Patch
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Cscope: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gentoo update for cscope - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 490667 – CVE-2004-2541, CVE-2009-0148 cscope: multiple buffer overflows af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA09-133A -- Apple Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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