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CVE-2009-1250

HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 4.0%EU EUVD

The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.8 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-189
EPSS score
4.0% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2009-1249)
Published
April 9, 2009
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1249 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • ibm / afs
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  • linux / linux kernel
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References

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

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