VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2009-2793
CVSS score4.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.52%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2009-09-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The kernel in NetBSD, probably 5.0.1 and earlier, on x86 platforms does not properly handle a pre-commit failure of the iret instruction, which might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to a tempEIP pseudocode variable that is outside of the code-segment limits.