Is CVE-2009-3588 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-3588 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-3588?

CVE-2009-3588 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 4.3 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2009-3588

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3EPSS 2.4%EU EUVD

Unspecified vulnerability in the arclib component in the Anti-Virus engine in CA Anti-Virus for the Enterprise (formerly eTrust Antivirus) 7.1 through r8.1; Anti-Virus 2007 (v8) through 2009; eTrust EZ Antivirus r7.1; Internet Security Suite 2007 (v3) through Plus 2009; and other CA products allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RAR archive file that triggers stack corruption, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-3587.

Key facts

CVSS score: 4.3 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 2.4% (84th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-3569)
Published: October 13, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3569 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

broadcom / anti-virus
broadcom / anti-virus
broadcom / anti-virus for the enterprise
broadcom / anti-virus for the enterprise
broadcom / anti-virus sdk
broadcom / arcserve backup
broadcom / arcserve backup
broadcom / common services
broadcom / common services
broadcom / etrust antivirus
broadcom / etrust antivirus
broadcom / etrust antivirus
broadcom / etrust integrated threat management
broadcom / etrust intrusion detection
broadcom / etrust secure content manager
broadcom / internet security suite
broadcom / internet security suite
broadcom / network and systems management
broadcom / network and systems management
broadcom / network and systems management
broadcom / network and systems management
broadcom / secure content manager
broadcom / secure content manager
broadcom / unicenter network and systems management
broadcom / unicenter network and systems management
broadcom / unicenter network and systems management
broadcom / unicenter network and systems management
ca / anti-virus
ca / anti-virus for the enterprise
ca / anti-virus gateway
ca / anti-virus plus
ca / arcserve backup
ca / arcserve backup
ca / arcserve for windows client agent
ca / arcserve for windows server component
ca / common services
ca / etrust anti-virus gateway
ca / etrust anti-virus sdk
ca / etrust ez antivirus
ca / etrust intrusion detection
ca / etrust intrusion detection
ca / etrust secure content manager
ca / gateway security
ca / internet security suite 2008
ca / internet security suite plus 2008
ca / internet security suite plus 2009
ca / protection suites
ca / protection suites
ca / protection suites
ca / threat manager

and 4 more…

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/36976(Vendor Advisory)
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=218878(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507068/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36653(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022999(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2852(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53698(VDB Entry)

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

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