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CVE-2009-1389

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 5.47%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-06-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. It affects Linux. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2009-1389
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
5.47%
Linux

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the RTL8169 NIC driver (drivers/net/r8169.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (kernel memory corruption and crash) via a long packet.