Unscored severity · published May 7, 2009
CVE-2009-1577
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1)…
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CVSS
7.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2) symbol in a source-code file.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.5% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CS
Cscope · Cscope
through 15.5; 13.0; 15.0bl2; 15.1; 15.3; 15.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1577
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1577
Patch
http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?r1=1.18&r2=1.19
cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net
http://cscope.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cscope/cscope/src/find.c?view=log#rev1.19
cvs.fedoraproject.org
http://cvs.fedoraproject.org/viewvc/rpms/cscope/devel/cscope-15.5-putstring-overflow.patch
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/35213
security.gentoo.org
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-02.xml
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/05/1
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