CVE-2009-5130

The Rules Service in Websense Email Security before 7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (service crash) via an attachment with a crafted size.

Published: 2012-08-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-5130 is rated Low Risk (39.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.08%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-5130

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 2026-06-15 0.41% 1.08% +0.68%
2 2025-03-17 0.30% 0.41% +0.11%
3 2024-09-17 — 0.30% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-5130

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-5130

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-5130

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
websense websense_email_security <= 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_email_security:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_email_security 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_email_security:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
websense websense_email_security 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:websense:websense_email_security:6.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-5130

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