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 MEDIUM
AV: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