CVE-2009-2850 (GCVE-0-2009-2850)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-18 20:41 – Updated: 2024-09-16 22:02
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Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in NASA Common Data Format (CDF) allow context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code, as demonstrated using (1) an array index error in the ReadAEDRList64 function, and other errors in the (2) SearchForRecord_r_64, (3) LastRecord64, (4) CDFsel64, and other unspecified functions.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2311 records in the last 180 days details
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