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CVE-2009-0036

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 EPSS 1.17%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-02-11 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2009-0036
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
1.17%

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the proxyReadClientSocket function in proxy/libvirt_proxy.c in libvirt_proxy 0.5.1 might allow local users to gain privileges by sending a portion of the header of a virProxyPacket packet, and then sending the remainder of the packet with crafted values in the header, related to use of uninitialized memory in a validation check.