Is CVE-2009-0688 actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0688 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-09.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0688?

CVE-2009-0688 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2009-0688?

Patch guidance is available from carnegie mellon university security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2009-0688.

CVE-2009-0688 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2009-0688?

46 products: carnegie mellon university cyrus-sasl, carnegie mellon university cyrus-sasl, carnegie mellon university cyrus-sasl, carnegie mellon university cyrus-sasl, carnegie mellon university cyrus-sasl, and 41 more.

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the CMU Cyrus SASL library before 2.1.23 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via strings that are used as input to the sasl_encode64 function in lib/saslutil.c.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: partial
Integrity: partial
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-119 · Memory Buffer Errors

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CARNEGIE_MELLON_UNIVERSITY
Published: 5/15/2009
Last Modified: 4/9/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

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Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD