CVE-2009-2649 EXPLOIT
4.7
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 0.8% (pctl 55)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The IATA (ata) driver in FreeBSD 6.0 and 8.0, when read access to /dev is available, allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) via a certain IOCTL request with a large count, which triggers a malloc call with a large value.
Scoring
| CVSS | 4.7 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 0.78% — more likely to be exploited than 55% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-264 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-07-30 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| freebsd | freebsd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | FreeBSD 6/8 - ata Device Local Denial of Service | 2009-07-13 |
References
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