CVE-2009-0363
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
Multiple buffer overflows in (a) BarnOwl before 1.0.5 and (b) owl 2.1.11 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving (1) a crafted zcrypt message, related to zcrypt.c; (2) a reply command on a message with a Zephyr Cc: list, related to zwrite.c; and unspecified other use of the products.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0367)
- Published
- February 17, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0367 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- barnowl / barnowl
- barnowl / barnowl
- barnowl / barnowl
- barnowl / barnowl
- barnowl / barnowl
- barnowl / barnowl
- barnowl / barnowl
- ktools / owl
References
- http://barnowl.mit.edu/browser/ChangeLog(Vendor Advisory)
- http://barnowl.mit.edu/wiki/barnowl-1.0.5-announce(Vendor Advisory)
- http://bugs.debian.org/515118
- http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-testing-security-announce%40lists.debian.org/msg00173.html
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/owl/+bug/329165
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48824
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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