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$ cve CVE-2009-3699 JSON

CVE-2009-3699 EXPLOIT

10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 62.3% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in libcsa.a (aka the calendar daemon library) in IBM AIX 5.x through 5.3.10 and 6.x through 6.1.3, and VIOS 2.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long XDR string in the first argument to procedure 21 of rpc.cmsd.

Scoring

CVSS10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS62.35% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-119
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2009-10-15
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
ibmaix
ibmvios

Public exploits

References

→ the Explorer  ·  watch your stack  ·  NVD