What is CVE-2009-1265?

CVE-2009-1265 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10. CVE-2009-1265 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1265?

CVE-2009-1265 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-1265?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-1265 patch availability.

Is CVE-2009-1265 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1265 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2009-1265

Medium

Integer overflow in rose_sendmsg (sys/net/af_rose.c) in the Linux kernel 2.6.24.4, and other versions before 2.6.30-rc1, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a large length value, which causes "garbage" memory to be sent.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2009-04-08

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

5.0

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weakness type

CWE-189

CVE-2009-1265 is classified as CWE-189

See CWE-189 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

References

25 total

Kernel.org
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10423

Exploit
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/34981

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35011

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35121

Vendor Advisory
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35185

Vendor Advisory

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2009-1265

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.0 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2009-04-08

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-1265?

CVE-2009-1265 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10 . CVE-2009-1265 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1265?

CVE-2009-1265 has a CVSS score of 5.0 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-1265?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-1265 patch availability.
Is CVE-2009-1265 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2009-1265 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.