VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2009-5029

CVSS score6.8 MEDIUM
EPSS probability8.76%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-05-02
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Integer overflow in the __tzfile_read function in glibc before 2.15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted timezone (TZ) file, as demonstrated using vsftpd.

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