Is CVE-2009-2903 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-2903 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-2903?

CVE-2009-2903 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-2903

HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 3.8%EU EUVD

Memory leak in the appletalk subsystem in the Linux kernel 2.4.x through 2.4.37.6 and 2.6.x through 2.6.31, when the appletalk and ipddp modules are loaded but the ipddp"N" device is not found, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via IP-DDP datagrams.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.1 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-772
EPSS score: 3.8% (90th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-2891)
Published: September 15, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2891 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
linux / linux kernel
suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
suse / linux enterprise debuginfo
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise desktop
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise software development kit
suse / linux enterprise software development kit

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with Service Pack 2, ProPack 4 for Service Pack 2 and certification-sles-sgi-eal3 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0292-2005 - archived
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Version 9 with certification-sles-ibm-eal4 package - SUSE Linux Products Gmbh - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0256-2005 - archived

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ffcfb8db540ff879c2a85bf7e404954281443414
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-12/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00007.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36707(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37105(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37909(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:329(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/14/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/17/11(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36379(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-852-1(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=522331(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)

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

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