Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

13 Linux Kernel CVEs in August 2009

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

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In August 2009, 13 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 7 were rated High severity and 5 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. August's 13 CVEs represent 12% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs , up from July's 7 (a 86% month-over-month increase) .

13
Total CVEs
0
Critical
7
High
5
Medium
1
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — August 2009 13 CVEs
All (13) Critical (0) High (7) Medium (5) Low (1)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2009-2698 linux High 7.8 2009-08-27 The udp_sendmsg function in the UDP implementation in (1) net/ipv4/udp.c and (2) net/ipv6/udp.c in the Linux kernel bef…
CVE-2009-2844 linux High 7.8 2009-08-18 cfg80211 in net/wireless/scan.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc1 and other versions before 2.6.31-rc6 allows remote attac…
CVE-2009-2846 linux High 7.8 2009-08-18 The eisa_eeprom_read function in the parisc isa-eeprom component (drivers/parisc/eisa_eeprom.c) in the Linux kernel bef…
CVE-2009-2768 linux High 7.8 2009-08-14 The load_flat_shared_library function in fs/binfmt_flat.c in the flat subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 a…
CVE-2009-2692 linux High 7.8 2009-08-14 The Linux kernel 2.6.0 through 2.6.30.4, and 2.4.4 through 2.4.37.4, does not initialize all function pointers for sock…
CVE-2009-2695 linux High 7.2 2009-08-28 The Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc7 does not properly prevent mmap operations that target page zero and other low memory…
CVE-2009-2767 linux High 7.2 2009-08-14 The init_posix_timers function in kernel/posix-timers.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc6 allows local users to cau…
CVE-2009-2848 linux Medium 5.9 2009-08-18 The execve function in the Linux kernel, possibly 2.6.30-rc6 and earlier, does not properly clear the current->clear_ch…
CVE-2009-3001 linux Medium 4.9 2009-08-28 The llc_ui_getname function in net/llc/af_llc.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.31-rc7 and earlier does not initialize a certai…
CVE-2009-3002 linux Medium 4.9 2009-08-28 The Linux kernel before 2.6.31-rc7 does not initialize certain data structures within getname functions, which allows l…
CVE-2009-2847 linux Medium 4.9 2009-08-18 The do_sigaltstack function in kernel/signal.c in Linux kernel 2.4 through 2.4.37 and 2.6 before 2.6.31-rc5, when runni…
CVE-2009-2849 linux Medium 4.7 2009-08-18 The md driver (drivers/md/md.c) in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30.2 might allow local users to cause a denial of servic…
CVE-2009-2691 linux Low 2.1 2009-08-14 The mm_for_maps function in fs/proc/base.c in the Linux kernel 2.6.30.4 and earlier allows local users to read (1) maps…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2009?

13 Linux kernel CVEs were published in August 2009, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 7 High, and 5 Medium.

How does August 2009 compare to other months?

August 2009's 13 CVEs represent 12% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to July's 7 CVEs, this was a 86% increase month-over-month. View the full 2009 breakdown →

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