Is CVE-2009-0322 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0322 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0322?

CVE-2009-0322 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-0322

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD

drivers/firmware/dell_rbu.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.27.13, and 2.6.28.x before 2.6.28.2, allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via a read system call that specifies zero bytes from the (1) image_type or (2) packet_size file in /sys/devices/platform/dell_rbu/.

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-189
EPSS score: 0.5% (43th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0326)
Published: January 28, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0326 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

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-2.6.27.y.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=81156928f8fe31621e467490b9d441c0285998c3
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.27.13(Vendor Advisory)
http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.28.2(Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-06/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33656(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33758(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34252(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34394(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34502(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34680(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34762(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35390(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35394(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37471(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-114.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1749(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1787(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1794(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0326.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0331.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0360.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33428(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(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10163(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7734(Third Party Advisory)

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

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