CVE-2009-3234

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.9 EPSS 1.80%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2009-09-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE

CVE-2009-3234

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS

4.9

EPSS

1.80%

Linux

Original NVD Description

Buffer overflow in the perf_copy_attr function in kernel/perf_counter.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc1 allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash) and execute arbitrary code via a "big size data" to the perf_counter_open system call.