CVE-2009-5029
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 8.8%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 8.8% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4987)
- Published
- May 2, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4987 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
- gnu / glibc
References
- http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/(Exploit)
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2011-December/084452.html
- http://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=97ac2654b2d831acaa18a2b018b0736245903fd2
- http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2011-12/msg00037.html(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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