Is CVE-2009-0269 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0269 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0269?

CVE-2009-0269 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-0269

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

fs/ecryptfs/inode.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.28.1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (fault or memory corruption), or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a readlink call that results in an error, leading to use of a -1 return value as an array index.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-787
EPSS score: 0.5% (43th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0274)
Published: January 26, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0274 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
linux / linux kernel
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=a17d5232de7b53d34229de79ec22f4bb04adb7e4(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html(Mailing List)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34394(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34502(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749(Mailing List)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787(Mailing List)
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.1(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:118(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html(Broken Link)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33412(Broken Link, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-751-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316(Broken Link)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48188(Broken Link, VDB Entry)
https://lists.launchpad.net/ecryptfs-devel/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.launchpad.net/ecryptfs-devel/msg00011.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8169(Broken Link)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8944(Broken Link)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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