{
    "id": "CVE-2009-0544",
    "published": "2009-02-12 17:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:05:16",
    "cvss_score": "10.0",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C",
    "cwe": "CWE-119",
    "description": "Buffer overflow in the PyCrypto ARC2 module 2.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large ARC2 key length.",
    "epss_score": "0.11523",
    "epss_percentile": "0.95909",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-03 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "pycrypto",
            "product": "arc2"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "32780",
            "title": "PyCrypto ARC2 Module - Remote Buffer Overflow",
            "date": "2009-02-07",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/32780"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d1c4875e1f220652fe7ff8358f56dee3b2aba31b",
        "http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fd73731dfad451a81056fbb01e09aa78ab82eb5d",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34199",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/35065",
        "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-11.xml",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:049",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:050",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/07/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/5",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33674",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48617",
        "http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=d1c4875e1f220652fe7ff8358f56dee3b2aba31b",
        "http://gitweb2.dlitz.net/?p=crypto/pycrypto-2.x.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=fd73731dfad451a81056fbb01e09aa78ab82eb5d",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/34199",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/35065",
        "http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-11.xml",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:049",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:050",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/07/1",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/02/12/5",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33674",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48617"
    ]
}