What is CVE-2009-1385?

CVE-2009-1385 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10. CVE-2009-1385 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1385?

CVE-2009-1385 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-1385?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-1385 patch availability.

Is CVE-2009-1385 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1385 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2009-1385

High

Integer underflow in the e1000_clean_rx_irq function in drivers/net/e1000/e1000_main.c in the e1000 driver in the Linux kernel before 2.6.30-rc8, the e1000e driver in the Linux kernel, and Intel Wired Ethernet (aka e1000) before 7.5.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (panic) via a crafted frame size.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2009-06-04

Last modified 2026-04-23

CVSS version 2.0

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 2.0 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Scope

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-189

CVE-2009-1385 is classified as CWE-189

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

References

38 total

Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=502981

Exploit Patch
Secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35265

Vendor Advisory
Kernel.org
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/ChangeLog-2.6.30-rc8

Patch Vendor Advisory
Sourceforge
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=504022&group_id=42302

Patch
Kernel Git
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ea30e11970a96cfe5e32c03a29332554573b4a10

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2009-1385

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 2.0

Published 2009-06-04

Modified 2026-04-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2009-1385?

CVE-2009-1385 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . CVE-2009-1385 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1385?

CVE-2009-1385 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 2.0). The vector string is AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2009-1385?

Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for CVE-2009-1385 patch availability.
Is CVE-2009-1385 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2009-1385 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.