CVE-2009-3305

Exp

Polipo 1.0.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with a Cache-Control header that lacks a value for the max-age field, which triggers a segmentation fault in the httpParseHeaders function in http_parse.c, and possibly other unspecified vectors.

Published: 2009-12-24 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3305 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 11.72%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-3305

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
10338 exploit_db edb 2009-12-07 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3305

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 2025-04-06 11.48% 11.72% +0.24%
2 2025-03-30 14.95% 11.48% -3.46%
3 2025-03-29 — 14.95% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3305

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3305

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-3305

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-3305 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (polipo), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 4, ignored 1, not-affected 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3305

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3305

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
pps.jussieu polipo 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:pps.jussieu:polipo:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3305

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