CVE-2009-1391
Off-by-one error in the inflate function in Zlib.xs in Compress::Raw::Zlib Perl module before 2.017, as used in AMaViS, SpamAssassin, and possibly other products, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (hang or crash) via a crafted zlib compressed stream that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as exploited in the wild by Trojan.Downloader-71014 in June 2009.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 7.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1389)
- Published
- June 16, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1389 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
- paul marquess / compress-raw-zlib perl module
References
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
- http://article.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33638(Exploit)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
- http://osvdb.org/55041
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35422(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35689
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35876
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200908-07.xml
- http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.mail.virus.amavis.user/33635
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:157
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35307(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1571(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=273141
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504386(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51062
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/794-1/
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00607.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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