Name: CVE-2009-1577: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2009-05-07T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2009-1577, CWE-119, CVSS 9.8, EPSS 0.11957

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2) symbol in a source-code file.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 9.8

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Centos_linux	—	Upgrade cscope	Dec 1, 2016	May 7, 2009
Debian	—	Upgrade cscope	Jul 30, 2024	May 7, 2009
Freebsd	—	Upgrade cscope	Dec 10, 2025	Jun 16, 2009
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-util/cscope.	Oct 30, 2017	May 7, 2009

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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