CVE catalog

CVE-2009-1577

cscope: CVE-2009-1577

[CVE catalog]

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.

DistributionPackageReleaseVersionStatus
Debiancscopesid15.9-2fixed
Debiancscopeforky15.9-2fixed
Debiancscopetrixie15.9-2fixed
Debiancscopebookworm15.9-1fixed

Fixed-version evidence

DistributionPackageTypeReleaseFixed versionUrgencyOriginBugs
Debiancscopesourcesid15.6-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debiancscopesourceforky15.6-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debiancscopesourcetrixie15.6-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported
Debiancscopesourcebookworm15.6-1not yet assignedNot reportedNot reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

  • [cscope]Fixed
    Details (2)
    • 15.9-1 · amd64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 15.6-1

      dsa · cscope · debian · bookworm; dsa · cscope · debian · 12

    • 15.9-1 · arm64 · bookworm

      Fixed · Fixed: 15.6-1

      dsa · cscope · debian · bookworm; dsa · cscope · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

  • [cscope]Fixed

    Source package: [cscope]

    Details (2)
    • 15.9-2 · amd64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 15.6-1

      dsa · cscope · debian · 13

    • 15.9-2+b2 · arm64 · trixie

      Fixed · Fixed: 15.6-1

      dsa · cscope · debian · 13

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