Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

5 Linux Kernel CVEs in May 2009

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

April 2009 June 2009

In May 2009, 5 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 1 was rated High severity and 4 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. May's 5 CVEs represent 5% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs , down from April's 9 (a 44% month-over-month decrease) .

5
Total CVEs
0
Critical
1
High
4
Medium
0
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — May 2009 5 CVEs
All (5) Critical (0) High (1) Medium (4) Low (0)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2009-1633 linux High 7.1 2009-05-28 Multiple buffer overflows in the cifs subsystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.29.4 allow remote CIFS servers to cause …
CVE-2009-1527 linux Medium 6.9 2009-05-05 Race condition in the ptrace_attach function in kernel/ptrace.c in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc4 allows local user…
CVE-2009-1758 linux Medium 5.0 2009-05-22 The hypervisor_callback function in Xen, possibly before 3.4.0, as applied to the Linux kernel 2.6.30-rc4, 2.6.18, and …
CVE-2009-1630 linux Medium 4.4 2009-05-14 The nfs_permission function in fs/nfs/dir.c in the NFS client implementation in the Linux kernel 2.6.29.3 and earlier, …
CVE-2009-1184 linux Medium 4.4 2009-05-05 The selinux_ip_postroute_iptables_compat function in security/selinux/hooks.c in the SELinux subsystem in the Linux ker…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2009?

5 Linux kernel CVEs were published in May 2009, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 1 High, and 4 Medium.

How does May 2009 compare to other months?

May 2009's 5 CVEs represent 5% of all 2009 Linux kernel CVEs. Compared to April's 9 CVEs, this was a 44% decrease month-over-month. View the full 2009 breakdown →

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