CVE-2009-1956
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 12.0%EU EUVD
Off-by-one error in the apr_brigade_vprintf function in Apache APR-util before 1.3.5 on big-endian platforms allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (application crash) via crafted input.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 12.0% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1951)
- Published
- June 8, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1951 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / apr-util
- apache / http server
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129190899612998&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34724(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35284(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35395(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35487(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35565(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35710(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35797(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35843(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37221(Broken Link)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200907-03.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3937(Third Party Advisory)
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=rev&revision=768417(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK88341(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK91241(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PK99478(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27014463(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.3(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg21591.html
- http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40apr.apache.org/msg21592.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:131(Broken Link)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/06/06/1(Exploit, Mailing List, Patch)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1107.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1108.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35251(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-786-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-787-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1907(Permissions Required)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3184(Permissions Required)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=504390(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2295080a257bad27ea68ca0af12fc715577f9e84801eae116a33107e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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