CVE-2009-5050

Exp

konversation before 1.2.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service.

Published: 2019-11-06 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-5050 is rated High Exploit Risk (65/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). 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-2009-5050

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-5050

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 0.18% 0.37% +0.18%
2 2023-04-28 0.13% 0.18% +0.05%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.13% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-5050

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
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-2009-5050

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-5050

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2009-5050 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (konversation), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5050
ubuntu low CVE-2009-5050 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (konversation), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 4, ignored 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5050

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-5050

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
konversation konversation < 1.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:konversation:konversation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-5050

URL Tags
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=219985 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5050 Third Party Advisory
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/14/2 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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