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CVE-2009-0537

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Published: Mar 9, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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4.9
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.9
Source: NVD

Description

Integer overflow in the fts_build function in fts.c in libc in (1) OpenBSD 4.4 and earlier and (2) Microsoft Interix 6.0 build 10.0.6030.0 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a deep directory tree, related to the fts_level structure member, as demonstrated by (a) du, (b) rm, (c) chmod, and (d) chgrp on OpenBSD; and (e) SearchIndexer.exe on Vista Enterprise.

Affected (26)

1 product
Interix
1 product
Openbsd
Configuration A
26 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Version 6.0
Openbsd
Up to 4.4
Version 2.0
Version 2.1
Version 2.2
Version 2.3
Version 2.4
Version 2.5
Version 2.6
Version 2.7
Version 2.8
Version 2.9
Version 3.0
Version 3.1
Version 3.2
Version 3.3
Version 3.4
Version 3.5
Version 3.6
Version 3.7
Version 3.8
Version 3.9
Version 4.0
Version 4.1
Version 4.2
Version 4.3

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