CVE-2009-0585
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the soup_base64_encode function in soup-misc.c in libsoup 2.x.x before 2.2.x, and 2.x before 2.24, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string that is converted to a base64 representation.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 4.0% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0588)
- Published
- March 14, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0588 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- joe shaw / libsoup
- joe shaw / libsoup
- joe shaw / libsoup
- joe shaw / libsoup
- joe shaw / libsoup
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://ocert.org/patches/2008-015/libsoup-CVE-2009-0585.diff(Patch)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/03/12/2(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34310
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34337
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34401
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-088.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1748
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:081
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2008-015.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0344.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/501712/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34100(Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-737-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49273
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9599
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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