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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-0148 json

Multiple buffer overflows in Cscope before 15.7a allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings in input such as (1) sou…

published 2009-05-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-0157

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.8%
EPSS 6.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple 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.

Patch / fix

  • cscope Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 15.7a-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-0148

  • cscope RHEL 5 15.5-15.1.el5_3.1
  • cscope RHEL 3 15.5-16.RHEL3
  • cscope RHEL 4 15.5-10.RHEL4.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1102RHSA-2009:1101

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2009-0148 updated cvss 5.1

cscope: multiple buffer overflows

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cscope 15.5-16.RHEL3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) cscope 15.5-15.1.el5_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1102
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cscope 15.5-16.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 cscope 15.5-10.RHEL4.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 cscope 15.5-10.RHEL4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1101
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) cscope 15.5-15.1.el5_3.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1102
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cscope 15.5-16.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 cscope 15.5-10.RHEL4.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cscope 15.5-16.RHEL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 cscope 15.5-10.RHEL4.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1101

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Exploit prediction

6.77% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.