CVE-2009-4538
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 8.4%EU EUVD
drivers/net/e1000e/netdev.c in the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel 2.6.32.3 and earlier does not properly check the size of an Ethernet frame that exceeds the MTU, which allows remote attackers to have an unspecified impact via crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2009-4537.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 8.4% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4504)
- Published
- January 12, 2010
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4504 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- debian / debian linux
- debian / debian linux
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-February/035159.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-01/msg00008.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00002.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/2010-03/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38031(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38276(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38296(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38492(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38610(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38779(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023420(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1996(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2005(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:066(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/28/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/29/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/31/1(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0019.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0020.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0041.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0053.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0111.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37523(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=551214(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55645(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7016(Third Party Advisory)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9702(Third Party Advisory)
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0095.html(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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