{
    "id": "CVE-2009-5029",
    "published": "2013-05-02 14:55:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:14:51",
    "cvss_score": "6.8",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-189",
    "description": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.08073",
    "epss_percentile": "0.94617",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-29 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "gnu",
            "product": "glibc"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "36404",
            "title": "GNU glibc - Timezone Parsing Remote Integer Overflow",
            "date": "2009-06-01",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/36404"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/",
        "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",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245",
        "http://dividead.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/glibc-timezone-integer-overflow/",
        "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",
        "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=761245"
    ]
}