CVE-2009-0036
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the proxyReadClientSocket function in proxy/libvirt_proxy.c in libvirt_proxy 0.5.1 might allow local users to gain privileges by sending a portion of the header of a virProxyPacket packet, and then sending the remainder of the packet with crafted values in the header, related to use of uninitialized memory in a validation check.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (68th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0047)
- Published
- February 11, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0047 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- libvirt / libvirt
References
- http://git.et.redhat.com/?p=libvirt.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=2bb0657e28
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/10/8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34397
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0382.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33724
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484947(Vendor Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10127
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00699.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00726.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2009-January/msg00728.html(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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