
CVE catalog
CVE-2009-1577
cscope: CVE-2009-1577
- Severity
- Medium
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 7.50% · Oct 25, 2026
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the putstring function in find.c in Cscope before 15.6 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) function name or (2) symbol in a source-code file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cscope | sid | 15.9-2 | fixed |
| Debian | cscope | forky | 15.9-2 | fixed |
| Debian | cscope | trixie | 15.9-2 | fixed |
| Debian | cscope | bookworm | 15.9-1 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | cscope | source | sid | 15.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cscope | source | forky | 15.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cscope | source | trixie | 15.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | cscope | source | bookworm | 15.6-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [cscope]Fixed
Details (2)
15.9-1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
15.6-1dsa · cscope · debian · bookworm; dsa · cscope · debian · 12
15.9-1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
15.6-1dsa · cscope · debian · bookworm; dsa · cscope · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
Observed: