SystemTap 1.0, when the --unprivileged option is used, does not properly restrict certain data sizes, which allows local users to (1) cause a denial of service or gain privileges via a print operation with a large number of arguments that trigger a kernel stack overflow, (2) cause a denial of service via crafted DWARF expressions that trigger a kernel stack frame overflow, or (3) cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors that trigger creation of large unwind tables, related to Common Information Entry (CIE) and Call Frame Instruction (CFI) records.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-2911 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.08%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-17 | 0.04% | 0.08% | +0.04% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 1.28% | 0.04% | -1.24% |
| 3 | 2022-02-04 | — | 1.28% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.9 | 2.0 | LOW |
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3.4 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2009-2911 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (systemtap), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2911 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2911 |
suse
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low | CVE-2009-2911 severity low: SUSE including 47 source package names (systemtap-1.0-0.15.16, systemtap-1.5-0.7.54, …), 58 product×package rows across 23 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, … (23 product lines)): Fixed 58. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2911/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2009-2911 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (systemtap), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): ignored 4, not-affected 4, DNE 1, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2911 |