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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-1250 · published 9 April 2009

CVE-2009-1250: Ibm afs vulnerability

Ibm · Afs

The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.

7.8 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 4.0% · top 9.9% CWE-189 · CWE-189
7.8CVSS 2.0 base score
4.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
28References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The cache manager in the client in OpenAFS 1.0 through 1.4.8 and 1.5.0 through 1.5.58, and IBM AFS 3.6 before Patch 19, on Linux allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (system crash) via an RX response with a large error-code value that is interpreted as a pointer and dereferenced, related to use of the ERR_PTR macro.

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

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34655
http://secunia.com/advisories/34684
http://secunia.com/advisories/36310
http://secunia.com/advisories/42896
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-05.xml
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396389
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1ID71123
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1768
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:099
http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-002.txt
http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34404
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0984
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0117
http://secunia.com/advisories/34655
http://secunia.com/advisories/34684
http://secunia.com/advisories/36310
http://secunia.com/advisories/42896
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201101-05.xml
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21396389
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1ID71123
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1768
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:099
http://www.openafs.org/security/OPENAFS-SA-2009-002.txt
http://www.openafs.org/security/openafs-sa-2009-002.patch Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34404
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0984
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0117

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-1250), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.