Is CVE-2009-1415 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1415 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1415?

CVE-2009-1415 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-1415

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 7.9%EU EUVD

lib/pk-libgcrypt.c in libgnutls in GnuTLS before 2.6.6 does not properly handle invalid DSA signatures, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly have unspecified other impact via a malformed DSA key that triggers a (1) free of an uninitialized pointer or (2) double free.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-824
EPSS score: 7.9% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-1413)
Published: April 30, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1413 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gnu / gnutls

References

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3515(Broken Link, Patch)
http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3502(Broken Link)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34842(Broken Link, Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35211(Broken Link)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-04.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.encryption.gpg.gnutls.devel/3488(Broken Link, Exploit)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:116(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34783(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022157(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1218(Broken Link)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50257(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50260(Not Applicable)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50445(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

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

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