The (1) contrib/eqn2graph/eqn2graph.sh, (2) contrib/grap2graph/grap2graph.sh, and (3) contrib/pic2graph/pic2graph.sh scripts in GNU troff (aka groff) 1.21 and earlier do not properly handle certain failed attempts to create temporary directories, which might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in a temporary directory, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1296.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-5080 is rated Low Risk (18.8/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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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% | 0.06% | +0.02% |
| 2 | 2023-03-07 | 1.03% | 0.04% | -0.99% |
| 3 | 2022-02-04 | — | 1.03% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.3 | 2.0 | LOW |
|
3.4 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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low | CVE-2009-5080 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (groff), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-5080 |
gentoo
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low | CVE-2009-5080: 1 GLSA(s) (201310-14), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/groff); latest impact low. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-5080 |
redhat
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low | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5080 |
suse
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low | CVE-2009-5080 severity low: SUSE including 28 source package names (groff-1.22.2-5.287, groff-1.22.2-5.429, …), 72 product×package rows across 30 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1, … (30 product lines)): Fixed 72. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-5080/ |
ubuntu
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low | CVE-2009-5080 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (groff), 34 status rows across 34 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lucid, lunar, mantic, maverick, natty, noble, oneiric, oracular, plucky, precise, quantal, questing, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): ignored 21, not-affected 9, needed 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-5080 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | groff | <= 1.21 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.10 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.11 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.11a | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.11a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.14 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.15 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.16 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.16.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.17.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.17.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.18.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.19 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.19.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.19.2 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.19.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.20 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| gnu | groff | 1.20.1 | cpe:2.3:a:gnu:groff:1.20.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |