CVE-2009-0544
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 11.5%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in the PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.5% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0548)
- Published
- February 12, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0548 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pycrypto / arc2
References
- http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d1c4875e1f220652fe7ff8358f56dee3b2aba31b
- http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fd73731dfad451a81056fbb01e09aa78ab82eb5d
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34199
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-11.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:049
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:050
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/07/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/5
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33674(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48617
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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