VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-1389
CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability5.47%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-06-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer