CVE-2009-1284 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.9% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in BibTeX 0.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption and crash) via a long .bib bibliography file.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.92% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-04-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| bibtex | bibtex |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | BibTeX - '.bib' File Handling Memory Corruption | 2009-11-13 |
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=520920
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34445
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201206-28.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/04/01/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-937-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=492136
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00505.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-November/msg00507.html
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