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CVE-2009-1914

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 0.67%

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

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9. It affects Linux. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2009-1914
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
0.67%
Linux

Original NVD Description

The pci_register_iommu_region function in arch/sparc/kernel/pci_common.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29 on the sparc64 platform allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) by reading the /proc/iomem file, related to uninitialized pointers and the request_resource function.