CVE-2009-2793
N/A
Published: September 18, 2009 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNetBSD
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
The kernel in NetBSD, probably 5.0.1 and earlier, on x86 platforms does not properly handle a pre-commit failure of the iret instruction, which might allow local users to gain privileges via vectors related to a tempEIP pseudocode variable that is outside of the code-segment limits.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506531/100/0/threadedQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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