PoC Index

CVE-2009-2793

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.5%

The kernel in NetBSD, probably 5.0.1 and earlier, on x86 platforms does not properly handle a pre-commit failure of the iret instruction, which might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to a tempEIP pseudocode variable that is outside of the code-segment limits.

CVSS v2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
0.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 42th percentile
Published
2009-09-18
Updated
2024-08-07

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