CVE-2009-1577

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-1577
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-07 17:30:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2) symbol in a source-code file.

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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 189666 – cscope stack smashing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: Old cscope buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.fedoraproject.org
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
CVS Info for project cscope af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net
oss-security - Old cscope buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
CVS Info for project cscope af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net Patch
oss-security - Re: Old cscope buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Cscope: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo update for cscope - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
499174 – (CVE-2009-1577) CVE-2009-1577 cscope: putstring buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
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