CVE-2009-2698

high VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
26.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: August 27, 2009 (6104 days ago)
Last Modified: April 23, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

The udp_sendmsg function in the UDP implementation in (1) net/ipv4/udp.c and (2) net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.19 allows local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and system crash) via vectors involving the MSG_MORE flag and a UDP socket.

CWE

CWE-476

Affected Products

linux linux kernelcanonical ubuntu linuxsuse linux enterprise desktopsuse linux enterprise serverfedoraproject fedoraredhat enterprise linux desktopredhat enterprise linux eusredhat enterprise linux serverredhat enterprise linux server ausredhat enterprise linux workstation

References

🔗 git.kernel.org 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 secunia.com