CVE-2009-3699
highpriority · attend · 72EPSS 0.623 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in libcsa.a (aka the calendar daemon library) in IBM AIX 5.x through 5.3.10 and 6.x through 6.1.3, and VIOS 2.1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long XDR string in the first argument to procedure 21 of rpc.cmsd.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
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exploits (2)
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affected products (31)
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also known as (2)
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references (36)
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- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/cmsd_advisory.ascenisa_euvd
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=825enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36978enisa_euvd
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022996enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ61628enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ61717enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ62123enisa_euvd
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IZ62237enisa_euvd
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