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Vulnerability record · CVE-2009-1291 · published 30 April 2009

CVE-2009-1291: Tibco enterprise message service memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Tibco · Enterprise Message Service

Stack-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets before 6.8.2, SmartSockets Product Family (aka RTworks) before 4.0.5, and Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.0.0 through 5.1.1, as used in SmartSockets Server and RTworks Server (aka RTserver), SmartSockets client libraries and add-on products, RTworks libraries and components, EMS Server (aka tibemsd), SmartMQ, iProcess Engine, ActiveMatrix products, and CA Enterprise Communicator, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "inbound data," as demonstrated by requests to the UDP interface of the RTserver component, and data injection into the TCP stream to tibemsd.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 6.4% · top 6.5% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
6.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
24References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in TIBCO SmartSockets before 6.8.2, SmartSockets Product Family (aka RTworks) before 4.0.5, and Enterprise Message Service (EMS) 4.0.0 through 5.1.1, as used in SmartSockets Server and RTworks Server (aka RTserver), SmartSockets client libraries and add-on products, RTworks libraries and components, EMS Server (aka tibemsd), SmartMQ, iProcess Engine, ActiveMatrix products, and CA Enterprise Communicator, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via "inbound data," as demonstrated by requests to the UDP interface of the RTserver component, and data injection into the TCP stream to tibemsd.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=785
http://secunia.com/advisories/34911 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022129
http://www.harmonysecurity.com/blog/2009/04/tibco-smartsockets-stack-buffer.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34754
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_ems_tcm8-7558.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_rtworks_tcm8-7559.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_smartsockets_tcm8-7560.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories/default.jsp PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories/smartsockets-sspfm-ems_advisory_20090428.jsp Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1198 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50214
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=785
http://secunia.com/advisories/34911 Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022129
http://www.harmonysecurity.com/blog/2009/04/tibco-smartsockets-stack-buffer.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34754
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_ems_tcm8-7558.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_rtworks_tcm8-7559.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.tibco.com/multimedia/security_advisory_smartsockets_tcm8-7560.txt Vendor Advisory
http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories/default.jsp PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.tibco.com/services/support/advisories/smartsockets-sspfm-ems_advisory_20090428.jsp Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1198 Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50214

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2009-1291), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.