CVE-2009-2407
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_tag_3_packet function in fs/ecryptfs/keystore.c in the eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) or possibly gain privileges via vectors involving a crafted eCryptfs file, related to a large encrypted key size in a Tag 3 packet.
- EPSS
- 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 48% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=f151cd2c54ddc7714e2f740681350476cda03a28
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-09/msg00001.html
- http://risesecurity.org/advisories/RISE-2009003.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35985
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36045